FRAUDULENT

CHAPTER XIII.

INSOLVENCIES BY CORPORATIONS, AND

OTHER FRAUDS IN THEIR MANAGEMENT.

§ 557. Frauds in subscriptions for stock of corporations....626, 627

Page

§ 559.

§ 560.

§ 558. Frauds in procuring organization, etc., of corporation... 627

Unauthorized use of names in prospectus, etc....

Misconduct of directors of stock corporations...

627

.627, 628

§ 561.

§ 562.

Savings bank officer overdrawing his account.

Receiving deposits in insolvent banks....

628

628

§ 563.

§ 564.

§ 565.

Frauds in keeping accounts in books of corporations.... 629

Officer of corporation publishing false reports......629, 630

Officer of corporation to permit an inspection.

630

§ 566.

Officer of railroad company contracting debt in its behalf

exceeding its available means

...630, 631

567. Debt contracted in violation of last section not invalid.. 631

568. Director of a corporation presumed to have knowledge

§ 569. Director present at meeting, when presumed to have as-

sented to proceedings ...

.....

§ 570. Director absent from meeting, when presumed to have as-
sented to proceedings

631

631

TITLE XV.

CHAPTER I.

RESERVATION OF FISH AND GAME.

§ 627a. Unlawful carrying of deer and other game.....

..632, 633

§ 629. Screens to be put at inlet of canal, irrigating ditch, etc.. 633

TITLE XVI.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

§ 679. Coercion or expulsion of persons seeking employment.... 634

PART II.

TITLE X.

CHAPTER IX.

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CORPORATIONS.

§ 1390. Summons upon information against corporation....

§ 1391. Form of summons

635

.635, 636

§ 1394. Certificate of magistrate and return of depositions.... 636

§ 1395. Grand jury to investigate if there is sufficient cause....

§ 1396. Appearance and plea

636

637

§ 1397. Fine on conviction, how collected..

637

STATUTES AT LARGE.

STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA RELATING TO CORPORATIONS

ENACTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACT ESTABLISHING A

CIVIL CODE, APPROVED MARCH 21, 1872.

X. Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Trade and Me-

693

...694-697

.697, 698

.698-704

705

706

.706-714

.714-716

716-723

.723-726

.726-731

.731-742

.743-747

.747-759

759-772

772-782

.783-788

..788-793

.794-796

.796-806

APPENDIX.

STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA ENACTED PRIOR TO THE ACT

ESTABLISHING A CIVIL CODE, APPROVED MARCH 21,

1872.

These statutes are continued in force as to the corporations formed

thereunder by section 288 of the Civil Code, pp. 91-98.

Article I. Corporations in General......

II. Foreign Corporations..

III. Insurance Corporations.

IV. Railroad Corporations..

V. Plank and Turnpike Road Corporations..

VI. Wagon Road Corporations..

VII. Toll Road Corporations.

Page

.810-821

821

.821-835

..836-860

.860-867

.867, 868

...868-871

VIII. Manufacturing, Mining, Mercantile, Wharfing, Trades,

Business, Mechanical, and Commercial Corpora-

tions......

.871-882

IX. Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Trade, and Me-

XV. Religious, Benevolent, and Learned Associations..910-915

XVI. Odd Fellows, Temperance Halls, etc..........915, 916

XVII. Orphan, Foundling, Cemetery, and Other Societies.916-918

XVIII. Navigation Corporations..

XIX. Rural Cemetery Associations.

.918-921

921-925

TABLE OF CASES.

Page

.190, 191, 203, 212, 420, 674

.151, 262

.14, 15, 16

Abbot v. Jacks, 136 Cal. 510-513

Abbott v. Land Co., 87 Cal. 323

Abeel v. Clark, 84 Cal. 226, 229.

Adams v. Grand Lodge etc., 105 Cal. 325

Ad. Sign Co. v. Sterling, 124 Cal. 429

Aiken v. Mariposa Min. Co., 6 Cal. 186.

Albion River R. R. Co. v. Hesser, 84 Cal. 435.

Allen v. Hill, 16 Cal. 114

.......

Alta S. M. Co. v. Alta P. M. Co., 78 Cal. 629.

.779, 780

258

.481, 483

9

176

.155, 140, 144, 150, 154, 155, 162, 256, 290, 768

Alvord v. Spring Valley G. Co., 106 Cal. 551.

Amador County v. Kennedy, 70 Cal. 458

Amador etc. M. Co. v. De Witt, 73 Cal. 482

Anderson v. Bank, 112 Cal. 598

Anderson v. Byrnes, 122 Cal. 274

Andres v. Fry, 113 Cal. 124

.....

Anglo-Cal. Bank v. Grangers' Bank, 63 Cal. 359.

Appeal North Beach etc. R. R. Co., 32 Cal. 499.

Applegarth v. McQuiddy, 77 Cal. 408

Areata v. Arcata etc. R. R. Co., 92 Cal. 645.

763

16

7

674

764, 768, 769

.151, 256, 262

....129, 130, 211, 217, 245, 263

4

83

.339, 341, 345, 346, 347, 380, 495

Argenti v. San Francisco, 16 Cal. 255..

Argues v. Union etc. Bank, 133 Cal. 139.

.142, 267

.676, 677

Arnold v. Johnson, 66 Cal. 402

217

Arroyo Ditch & Water Co. v. Superior Ct., 92 Cal. 50..

.40, 190, 199, 202, 203, 204, 205, 209, 210, 247, 248

Bakersfield etc. Assn. v. Chester, 55 Cal. 101.

.273, 274, 495

Baker v. Ducker, 79 Cal. 365

Baker v. Fireman's F. I. Co., 73 Cal. 182..
Baker v. Southern Cal. Ry. Co., 110 Cal. 456
Baker v. Southern Cal. Ry. Co., 114 Cal. 501.
Baker v. Southern Cal. Ry. Co., 126 Cal. 516..
Baldwin v. Zadig, 104 Cal. 594

Balfour Inv. Co. v. Woolworth, 124 Cal. 169..
Balfour v. Irr. Co., 123 Cal. 395

Ball v. Tollman, 119 Cal. 363

Bank v. Bailhache, 65 Cal. 331, 332.

Bank v. Pacific Coast S. S. Co., 103 Cal. 594..
Bank v. Yard, 24 Am. St. Rep. 526 ...
Bank etc. v. Wickersham, 99 Cal. 655.
Bank of British N. A. v. Alaska Imp. Co., 97 Cal. 28:.
Bank of British N. A. v. Cahn, 79 Cal. 465....
Bank of British North America v. Madison, 99 Cal. 133.
Bank of Cal. v. W. U. Tel. Co., 52 Cal. 280.
Bank of California v. Dunn, 66 Cal. 38

Bank of Martinez v. Hemme etc. Land Co., 105 Cal. 376.
Bank of Mendocino v. Chalfant, 51 Cal. 369..
Bank of National City v. Johnston, 133 Cal. 185.
Bank of Shasta v. Boyd, 99 Cal. 605

.359, 360

.18, 19 152, 184, 185 .143, 263

.762, 763, 764, 765, 766 .134, 138, 141, 154 .36, 196, 197, 479

145

282

678

.672, 678

48

678

22

.41, 816

61

676

276

Barrell v. Land Co., 122 Cal. 129 ..143, 152, 181, 184, 185, 261,

292

Barrick v. Gifford, 21 Am. St. Rep. 805..

197

Barstow v. R. R. Co., 42 Cal. 467

264

Barstow v. Savage M. Co., 64 Cal. 388.

Bartram v. Central Turnpike Co., 25 Cal. 285..
Bassett v. Fairchild, 132 Cal. 637 ...

.212, 217, 218 816

Bates v. International Co., 84 Fed. 545.

....146, 150, 151, 154, 155

Bates v. Coronado Beach Co., 109 Cal. 160..138, 140, 142, 245, 260, 264

Bay City B. & L. Assn. v. Broad, 136 Cal. 525.
Bay View Assn. v. Williams, 50 Cal. 353.
Bayless v. Orne, 1 Fre. Ch. R. 171

Beach v. Cooper, 72 Cal. 99

Beach v. Miller, 17 Am. St. Rep. 300

Beal v. Osborne, 72 Cal. 305..

Bean v. Pioneer M. Co., 66 Cal. 451

Bee v. S. F. & N. P. Co., 46 Cal. 248

Beeman v. Lovett, 46 Cal. 387

Behlow v. Fischer, 102 Cal. 208

Benbow v. Cook, 44 Am. St. Rep. 460

Benham v. Story, 39 Cal. 179

Bennett v. Green, 74 Cal. 429