Ashman v. Miller

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below appellant Lewis Ashman, a citizen of Illinois and the owner of a voting trust certificate for 100 shares of the stock of Federated Publications, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an appellee, filed a petition against the Federated and Albert L. Miller and Louis A. Weil, its directors and voting trustees, and S. W. McFarland, director, Paul A. Martin, Louis A. Weil, Jr., and Robert B. Miller, its employees, all citizens of the State of Michigan. Later Russell J. Boyle and Geo. D. Smith intervened as plaintiffs. The appellants were all owners of voting…