People v. Reclamation District No. 136
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County and from an order denying a new trial. A. P. Gatlin,' Judge. The facts are. stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
This is a proceeding by quo warranto to exclude the defendants from all corporate rights. The demurrer to the complaint was overruled, and answer filed. When the case was called for trial defendants moved for judgment on the pleadings, on the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, “for the reason that the pleading only averred that the defendants were usurping the functions of a corporation, there being no allegation of the particular circumstances constituting such usurpation.” The motion for a nonsuit was denied. Judgment passed for…
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