Prairie Lea Production Co. v. Tiller

This suit was brought by Tiller and some 42 or 43 others, as plaintiffs, against the Prairie Lea Production Company, a corporation, and against O. C. Dauchy, A. J. McKean, E. W. Smith, Eli Howell, Lee Howell, Frank Baker, and J. B. Pierce, as officers and directors of said corporation, alleging fraud upon and mismanagement of said corporation,, and asking for an injunction and the appointment of a receiver:

The following are substantially the grounds alleged by appellees as a basis for the relief sought:(1) Fraudulent refusal by the president and directors of the corporation, for a period of…