Stabler

This is an original application praying for a writ of mandate to be directed to the respondents who, other than the El Dora Oil Company, constitute the board of directors of said company, commanding said board and the members thereof, respondents herein, to call, in accordance with the by-laws of the company, a meeting of the stockholders thereof for the purpose of electing a board of directors of respondent corporation.

The material facts appearing in the petition are: That said oil company is a corporation created under the laws of the state of Arizona, having a board of directors consisting of five members, and having its principal place of business at Phoenix, Arizona; that as provided in the articles of incorporation it maintained offices in the city of Los Angeles, California, it being provided in said articles that the corporation might hold meetings of its board of directors at its offices in said last mentioned place, and own property and do business outside of Arizona; that all of its business was transacted in the state of California, wherein all of its property was situated, and that all of the members of its board of di rectors and other officers at all times resided…