Roberts

This action was begun by the plaintiffs against the defendants to recover of and from the four individual defendants mentioned the sum of $75,000, and directing that such sum be repaid to the defendant Press Telegram Publishing Company, a corporation; that an accounting be had; a receiver appointed; and an injunction issued; it being alleged in the complaint that the four individual defendants mentioned had misappropriated the funds of the Press Telegram Publishing Company, a corporation, the gist of the action being to restore to the treasury of the defendant Press Telegram Publishing Company, all the moneys alleged to have been misappropriated by the individual defendants named, the Press Telegram Publishing Company being made a defendant because it refused to join as a plaintiff in this action.

The complaint alleges the corporate existence of The Daily Telegram Company of Long Beach, the Press Telegram Publishing Company and the Press Telegram Building Company, the latter being the present name of the corporation originally known as the Long Beach Press Building Company. The board of directors of the Press Telegram Publishing Company are the defendants named in this action,…