Ashley v. Keith Oil Corporation

WYZANSKI, District Judge.

A. Introductory.

1. This is a stockholder’s derivative suit. Plaintiff, a citizen of Connecticut, sues a Massachusetts corporation and a Massachusetts citizen. Her mother and three of her brothers, Howard, Robert and Richard, all citizens of Massachusetts, intervene as plaintiffs. The original plaintiff invokes the asserted power of this Court under the diversity jurisdiction clause of 36 Stat. 1091, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(1). She alleges that Warren S. Keith, the individual defendant, in his capacity as president, director and controlling stockholder has mulcted and…