Transcontinental Oil Co., Inc. of Nevada v. Free

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

The main question presented on this appeal is whether the district court had jurisdiction to enter an order setting the time for hearing a petition for the appointment of a temporary receiver, when it had dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint with leave to amend and the amendment had not yet been made. The question arose out of the following circumstances.

Free (plaintiff), as a stockholder in Transcontinental Oil Co., Inc. (defendant), brought suit in which he requested, among other things, the issuance of an injunction and the appointment of a receiver. His…