W. States Life Ins. Co. v. Lockwood
166 Cal. 185 ·
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Holding
The court held that a corporate director and president who secretly acquires a personal financial interest in a contract with the corporation, thereby creating a position of possible adversity to his fiduciary duties, must account to the corporation for all profits so obtained, regardless of his good faith or the absence of actual injury to the corporation.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 1494
- CCP § 1496