Cal. Elec. Light Co. v. Cal. Safe Deposit & Tr. Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Dyke, J.
This was an action to recover a secret commission claimed to have been received by the defendants’ testator while an officer of the plaintiff corporation on the sale by plaintiff of certain of its property. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial the defendants now prosecute this appeal.
George H. Roe, of whose last will and testament the defendants are executors and executrix respectively, was in his lifetime the secretary and manager of the plaintiff, California Electric Light Company. The plaintiff was incorporated prior to 1890. The cause of…
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