SKELLY v. DOCKWEILER

Civ. No. 7740-Y.

75 F.Supp. 11 (1947)

SKELLY v. DOCKWEILER et al.

District Court, S. D. California, Central Division.

December 5, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler & Wright and Howard W. Wright, all of Los Angeles, Cal., Martin, Logan, Finney & Stanton, Villard Martin, Garrett Logan, Doerner, Rinehart & Stuart, E. J. Doerner, Theodore Rinehart and Harold C. Stuart, all of Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiff.

David S. Hecht, of New York City, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Norman S. Sterry, Henry F. Prince and Frederick H. Sturdy, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants Pacific Western Oil Corporation and J. Paul Getty, individually and as trustee.

Farrand & Farrand, George E. Farrand, Ross C. Fisher, Dockweiler & Dockweiler, Henry I. Dockweiler and Frederick C. Dockweiler, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants George Franklin Getty II, as trustee and Thomas A. J. Dockweiler, as trustee.

Wm. L. Hanaway, of New York City, Oliver O. Clark and Robert A. Smith, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for Sunray Oil Corporation.

George Rosier, of New York City, Loeb & Loeb and Herman Selvin, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for Investment Associates.

Dillon Anderson and John P. Bullington, both of Houston, Tex., and W. A. Caldecott, of Los Angeles, Cal., for John H. Blaffer.


YANKWICH, District Judge.

I. The Pleadings and Issues.

On November 6, 1947, Mission Corporation, a Nevada corporation, not a defendant herein, to be referred to as Mission, through its Board of Directors, issued a notice of a special meeting of stockholders to be held at the principal office of the corporation at Reno, Nevada, on December 6, 1947. The object of the meeting is, as stated in the Notice:

"1. To consider and vote upon an Agreement of...

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