Taylor v. North Star Gold Mining Co.
Citations
- 79 Cal. 285
- 21 P. 753
- 1889 Cal. LEXIS 721
Syllabus
<p>Corporation—Liability for Money Borrowed to Pay Expenses Incidental and Collateral to Act Which is Ultra Vires — Assessment. —In the absence of fraud, a corporation is liable for money borrowed from one of its stockholders for the payment of expenses which were collateral and but incidental to an act which may have been ultra vires, such expenses not being inseparably connected with the main act.. Being liable for such money, the corporation could levy an assessment to pay it.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- Bruton violation occurs when, despite redactions, it is “obvious” from context of co-defendant’s statement that testimony references defendant
- Testimony about the statement obviously referred to appellant, despite the redaction of the appellant’s name from the statement itself.
- failure to make objection to testimony that violated the Confrontation Clause was deficient performance
- failure to make objection to testimony that violated the Confrontation Clause was deficient performance
- although a non-testifying co-defendant’s statement that is redacted to eliminate any reference to the defendant may not violate Bruton, “statements which[,] despite redaction, refer directly to a person whom the jury may infer to be the defendant run afoul of the confrontation clause”
- involving a violation of the Confrontation Clause
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Judges: Hayne
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