Hyman
Hyman v. Stern
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Curtis, J.
The appellant and respondent were two of the organizers, stockholders, and directors of the Karl Stern Company, a corporation. The defendant was at all times the president, general manager, and a director of said company, and the owner of 1,438 shares of the capital stock thereof, out of 1,600 shares of said company outstanding, and was at all times in active management and control of the business and affairs of said company; plaintiff at all times up to the execution sale herein involved was the owner of 100 shares of the capital stock of said company, which had a value of approximately $2,000. Plaintiff was the secretary and treasurer of said company from its organization up to April 1, 1919. She was also in the employ of said company from the date of its formation up to the tenth day of August, 1918, at which date she left the employ of the company. About February 11, 1919, she commenced an action in the superior court of the county of Los Angeles against the said Karl Stern Company for moneys alleged to be due her for services rendered. And about June 11, 1919, she recovered judgment against said company for the sum of $838.75 and costs. The company appealed from said judgment…