What is the test for establishing a corporation as a separate entity?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jacques, Inc. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal., 155 Cal.App.2d 448, 318 P.2d 6 (Cal. App. 1957):
'* * * [B]ut, when the notion of legal entity is used to defeat public convenience, justify wrong, protect fraud, or defend crime, the law will regard the corporation as an association of persons.' See also Taylor v. Newton, 117 Cal.App.2d 752, 257 P.2d 68.
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