Cross v. Eureka Lake & Yuba Canal Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Nevada County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beloher, C. C.
The plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of T. W. Sigourney, deceased, brought this action against the Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Company, a *303corporation, to recover the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for dividends alleged to have been declared by the company after December 1, 1878, upon 750 shares of its capital stock, owned by the estate of Sigourney.
The complaint was filed on the 14th of June, 1884, and thereafter, under the provisions of section 386 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the company paid the money into court, and James Reid and M. Zellerbach were substituted…
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