McArthur v. Shaffer

Petitioner herein seeks the issuance of a writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to order a severance as to her, and to set down for immediate trial the issues created between her and the East Coalinga Oil Field Corporation, a corporation, in an action brought by the latter against petitioner and others to determine the ownership of the capital stock of said corporation.

The petition alleges the commencement of the aforesaid action on May 28, 1940; that plaintiff corporation alleged therein that certain named persons, made defendants in the case, were the owners of the five shares…