Harris

Harris v. Curtis

Good Law
1970 Cal. App. LEXIS 2098·8 Cal. App. 3d 837·87 Cal. Rptr. 614
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 16, 1970Civ. 1093California2,199 words

Opinion

Opinion

Coakley, J.

This action by appellants is against the Tagus Ranch Motel Corporation and others for $14,500 allegedly due appellants for sums advanced to the corporation. Respondents, who were among but not all of the directors and shareholders of the corporation, were sued for the same amount in their individual capacities. In a separate cause of action, the complaint alleges that the respondents dominated and controlled the corporation and that the corporation is a mere shell and naked framework which respondents have used for the conduct of their personal affairs. It alleges, in effect, that the respondents were the alter ego of the corporation, and that the corporation has been fraudulently used by respondents to the detriment of the corporation’s creditors, including appellants. Following trial to the court, judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff-appellant Sharon Harris and against the corporation in the amount of $10,000, and in favor of plaintiff-appellant Stanley Harris and against the corporation for $4,920.16. Judgment was entered in favor of the individual respondents against the appellants. It is from the portion of the judgment in favor of the individual respondents…

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