MILLER & LUX INCORPORATED v. NICKEL

Civ. A. No. 34043.

141 F.Supp. 41 (1956)

MILLER & LUX Incorporated, a Nevada corporation, Plaintiff, v. J. Leroy NICKEL, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

May 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Ray Robinson, and Associates, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Herbert W. Clark, San Francisco, Cal., for Houchin, et al., Executors, Anna Lumis, Individ. & Crocker Bank, Codington and Lindsay.

McCutchen, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Greene, San Francisco, Cal., Clayton L. Orn, Findlay, Ohio, for The Ohio Oil Co.

Melvin, Faulkner, Sheehan & Wiseman, San Francisco, Cal., for Nickel.

R. K. Barrows, Los Angeles, Cal., for Texas Co.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Balthis, Los Angeles, Cal., for Bradford.

Kimble, Thomas, Snell, Jamison & Russell, Fresno, Cal., for Frank Jeppi.

McLaughlin & Casey, Los Angeles, Cal., for Lon V. and Jane W. Smith.

O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for Zimmerman & Nielson, Executors, Potter, Pacific Western Oil, Richfield, Morique Explorers and Intex and Hancock.

Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, Los Angeles, Cal., for Kern Property Corp.

Derby, Cook, Quinby & Tweedt, San Francisco, Cal., for Anderson & Victory Oil Co.

Vincent J. McGovern, San Francisco, Cal., in pro. per.

David P. Barcroft, Madera, Cal., for Arnolds, indiv. & Executors.

Robert W. Walker, Los Angeles, Cal., for Chanslor-Western Oil & Dev. Co.

Richard H. Peterson, W. E. Johns and Malcolm A. MacKillop, San Francisco, Cal., for Natural Gas Corp.

Athearn, Chandler & Hoffman, San Francisco, Cal., for Elmer B. Stone.

Martin J. Weil, Los Angeles, Cal., for Western States; Seaboard Oil; Continental Oil; Kettleman North Dome; and General Petroleum.

Hanna & Morton, Los Angeles, Cal., for Superior Oil Co.

J. G. Leovy, Los Angeles, Cal., for Western Gulf Oil Co.

Mortimer A. Kline, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co.

Stanley F. Davie, Oakland, Cal., for Trico Oil & Gas; Gene Reid Drlg.; and Harry H. Magee.

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for Union Oil Co. of Calif. and Independent Producers Agency.

Blodget & Blodget, Santa Ana, Cal., for Victory Oil Co.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., for Lloyd Corp.

Rosson & Pearson, Hanford, Cal., for William Flickinger Colm and Marion Virginia Rice.

Borton, Petrini, Conron & Brown, Bakersfield, Cal., for A. J. West.

Landels & Weigel, San Francisco, Cal., for California Pacific Title Ins. Co. (formerly Title & Trust Co.)

Edwin S. Pillsbury, San Francisco, Cal., for Elmer C. Bolton.


OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.

Plaintiff corporation brings suit against several of its former officers and directors, alleging that while these defendants were in control of the plaintiff, that they conspired to defraud the plaintiff and did defraud the plaintiff by causing various parcels of real property to be conveyed from the plaintiff to themselves, or to be conveyed from the plaintiff to others who held title for the benefit of these defendants. Plaintiff...

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