In re Audio-Scriptions, Inc.

The appointment of a referee in the order to show cause made upon a petition initiating the proceeding is directly authorized by section 106 of the General Corporation Law.

Where, as is impliedly conceded here, the petition sets forth that the corporation “ has an even number of directors who are equally divided respecting the management of its affairs,” (General Corporation Law, § 103, as amd. by L. 1944, eh. 176), the court may entertain an application for the dissolution of a corporation. In such case, “ the court must make an order, requiring all persons interested in the corporation to…