DOTTENHEIM v. MURCHISON

Civ. A. No. 5834.

127 F.Supp. 790 (1955)

Mark DOTTENHEIM v. Clint W. MURCHISON, Jr. and John Dabney Murchison, individually and as copartners doing business under the firm name and style of Murchison Brothers and Kirby Petroleum Company.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

January 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders, Lefkowitz & Green, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

Donald G. Gay and Franklin E. Spafford, Dallas, Tex., for defendants.


ATWELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff styles his action as one under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and alleges that he is a stockholder of defendant Kirby Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation, and brings his action in the name and behalf of Kirby Petroleum Company, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C.A. § 78p(b).

He further alleges that the Kirby Petroleum Company consists of 500,000 shares of non-voting preferred...

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