Tenney v. Jacobs

Wolcott, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Chancery granting leave to intervening plaintiffs to file an amendment to the intervening complaint. The action is a derivative one brought on behalf of the Tenney Corporation. Named as defendants are various directors and officers of the Tenney Corporation, all nonresidents of Delaware, some of whom have appeared in the action in response to the coercive effect of a sequestration of their property under 10 Del.C. § 366.

Following the appearance of the individual defendants, the original complaint was amended twice with…