Chapman v. Doray

Citations

• 89 Cal. 52
• 26 P. 605
• 1891 Cal. LEXIS 768

Syllabus

<p>Mining Corporations — Liability of Directors—Penalty—Pleading — Insufficient Defense. — In an action brought under the act of April 23, 1880 (Stats. 1880, p. 134), to recover the penalty prescribed for a failure of the directors of a mining corporation to post monthly reports in the office of the company, where the complaint alleges that the company had an office for the transaction of its business at a specified place, a denial in the answer that it had an office for the transaction of its business at the place alleged, or at any other place, raises no material issue. Id. — Office of Corporation — Posting Reports—Neglect of Directors. — It is the duty of every corporation to have an office and a principal place of business, and the directors of a mining corporation cannot evade liability for failure to post monthly reports at the office of the company by failure to have an office for the transaction of its business.</p>