Smith v. Martin
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the purchase by plaintiff of one hundred shares of stock in the Ferries and Cliff House Railway, a corporation. Plaintiff purchased in the Stock and Bond Exchange of San Francisco, and it is not averred or claimed that either of the defendants were in privity with his purchase, or personally made any representations to him upon the subject. It is charged, however, in the complaint that the defendants were directors of the corporation, and that they “caused and procured it to be falsely represented and set forth…
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