Morrow v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
PETITIOS for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco. The facts sufficienfly appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpstein, J.
The principal question in this case is whether, before the adoption of the present Constitution, one having a claim against a life insurance company, incorporated under the Act of April 22, 1866 (Stats. 1865-66, p. 752), could *385bring and maintain iii the Justices’ Court an actipn against;a stockholder in such incorporation, whose proportionate share of such liability would be less than three hundred dollars.
Whether he could or not depends very much on the construction to be given to section 17 of said act, which is as follows: “ Each stockholder of the company shall be individually and…
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