Griffin & Skelly Co. v. Magnolia & Healdsburg Fruit Cannery Co.

The plaintiff commenced this action in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco against the defendants to recover from the corporation defendant certain damages that had resulted from its breach of contract with plaintiff, and to recover from the defendant, Merchant, upon an allegation that he is a stockholder in the corporation defendant, his proportionate amount of the corporate liability of his codefendant. The principal place of business of the defendant corporation is in the county of Sonoma, and the residence of Merchant is in the same county. Upon an affidavit showing…