Legal Opinion

Scrivner v. Twin Americas Agricultural & Industrial Developers, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Decided June 24, 1977No. 48,228PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Foth, J.:

This was an action against a Panamanian corporation *405by some 170 Kansas shareholders of the corporation, seeking primarily a court supervised election of directors and to enjoin a proposed stock issue. The district court of Kingman county sustained the defendant corporation’s motion to dismiss and the plaintiff stockholders have appealed.

The judgment of dismissal was based, among other grounds, on a finding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the person of the defendant. If this was correct, and we find that it was, then dismissal was proper and all other findings of the trial…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Hess v. PawloskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. International Harvester Co. of America v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Merriman v. Crompton Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 2006
  2. Appaloosa Investment, L.P.I. v. J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2008
  3. Appaloosa Inv., LPI v. JP MORGAN SEC., INC.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2008
  4. Scrivner v. TWIN AMERICAS AGRIC. & INDUS. DEVE.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1977

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