Legal Opinion

Williams v. Carver

California Supreme Court

Decided January 4, 1916No. L. A. No. 3652PublishedCited by 19 opinions

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. A. A. De Ligne, and Hiram W. Johnson, Jr., for Appellant. Corbet & Selby, and Frederick B. Lathrop, for Respondent L. J. Carver.

1Opinion of the Court

VICTOR E. SHAW, J., pro tem.

This is an equitable action brought by plaintiff, as superintendent of banks, to recover from the stockholders of the Kern Valley Bank upon their constitutional liability to the creditors thereof. To the first amended complaint defendants interposed demurrers upon both general and special grounds. Their demurrers were sustained by the court, which refused to allow plaintiff to further amend. Judgment followed, from which plaintiff appeals.

It appears that on May 12, 1911, plaintiff as superintendent of banks declared the Kern Valley Bank insolvent, for which reason,…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. Dean v. ShingleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Ellsworth v. BradfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Cowden v. WilliamsArizona Supreme Court · 1927
  4. In Re Fox West Coast TheatresCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
  5. Lynch v. JacobsenUtah Supreme Court · 1919

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