Unruh v. Kauffman

The question presented by this appeal is whether the action brought against the stockholders of a corporation upon the personal liability provision of section 322 of the Civil Code for compensation for services rendered said corporation under a contract entered into by said corporation and the claimant is barred by the provisions of section 359 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The trial court held that it was not; hence the appeal.

In 1912, Milton Kauffman, appellant herein and a defendant at the trial, purchased a tract of unimproved land, consisting of about 2,000 acres and known as tract…