Gayner v. Packaging Service Corp. of Kentucky

WINTERSHEIMER, Judge.

This appeal is from an order entered February 9,1981, denying Gayner’s motion pursuant to CR 24.01(b) to intervene as a matter of right.

The issue on appeal is whether the trial judge correctly determined that Gayner did not have a sufficient interest in the lawsuit between Packaging Service and Chapnick to permit intervention as a defendant as a matter of right.

Gayner is a New Hampshire resident who conducts his business primarily in Massachusetts. He had offered financial assistance to Chapnick who was considering purchase of 825 shares of stock from Packaging Service.…