Salih

Plaintiff Centerville Amusement Company, a corporation, brought this action against defendant Harry Salih, and all those claiming under him, to obtain reformation of a deed to certain real property, a reconveyance of said property, and an injunction restraining defendants from interfering with plaintiff’s use or possession of said property.

The record shows that plaintiff is a family corporation which owns and operates the Center Theatre in Centerville, California. In May of 1952, the directors of plaintiff corporation consisted of Fred Salih, Lee Salih, the defendant Harry Salih, and Kenneth Salih. Fred, Lee and Harry Salih were brothers, and Kenneth Salih was the son of Harry Salih. These four men were also at that time the sole partners of Salih Bros., a copartnership which controlled the stock of plaintiff corporation. On May 24, 1952, all four directors were present at a stockholders meeting of plaintiff corporation, where it was decided that financial losses suffered by the Center Theatre made it advisable to partially liquidate the corporate assets. Defendant Harry Salih and his family were then living on certain real property owned by the corporation, and the directors…