Skelly
Skelly v. Dockweiler
Opinion
Opinion
Yankwich, J.
I. The Pleadings and Issues.
On November 6, 1947, Mission Corporation, a Nevada corporation, not a defendant herein, to be referred to as Mission, through its Board of Directors, issued a notice of a special meeting of stockholders to be held at the principal office of the corporation at Reno, Nevada, on December 6, 1947. The object of the meeting is, as stated in the Notice:
William G. Skelly is a resident and citizen of Oklahoma. He is the owner of 14,-000 shares of common capital stock of Mission of which 2,000 are of record in his name on the books and 12,000 are beneficially owned by him.
Thomas A. J. Dockweiler and George Franklin Getty II are Trustees under a Declaration of Trust dated December 31, 1934, wherein Sarah C. Getty is named as trustor" and J. Paul Getty as original trustee. J. Paul Getty is testamentary trustee under the Decree of Partial Distribution of the Estate of Sarah C. Getty, deceased. These will be referred to as the Getty Interests.
Pacific Western Oil Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, to be referred to as Pacific, has issued and outstanding a total of 1,371,730 shares of common stock. Of this amount, the Getty Interests own 1,169,449 shares.…