173 N.W. 737 | S.D. | 1919
One Addie K. Davison brought an action in the circuit court of Kingsbury county against a large number of defendants, alleging in substance that she was a stockholder and otherwise beneficially interested in the Davison Realty Company, an Iowa 'corporation; that said corporation had formerly owned a large tract of land in Kingsbury county, as well as some other land; that it had sold all of its lands, taking in part payment therefor notes secured by mortgages on the real estate in Kings-bury county; that certain of the defendants who were managing officers of such corporation had distributed the said notes among the defendants who were stockholders in said corporation: and that such distribution was made for the purpose and with the intent of depleting the assets of said corporation and thus defrauding this plaintiff and depriving her of her just interests in the corporation. Besides the parties against whom the fraud was charged and the alleged beneficiaries of such fraud, there were made parties defendant the purchasers of said real estate, as well as certain parties to whom such purchasers had since resold such real estate and who, upon such resale, had assumed and agreed to pay the mortgage indebtedness. A receiver of such corporation, appointed by an Iowa court, was also named a party defendant. The defendants charged with the fraud were all nonresidents of this state, as were the defendants who purchased the land from the corporation. Two defendants who were purchasers upon the resale were residents of this state, and personal service of summons in said action was made upon them in this state. Another of the purchasers on such resale was a nonresident of the state. There were other parties to said action, but tlie}' are not parties to the present proceeding, and their relation to this matter is immaterial to any question now before us. Order for publication of summons was obtained as to all the nonresident defendants and service made in compliance with such order. The relief sought by the plaintiff in such action was that the court determine her interest in the said corporation; that it be adjudged that the
Those defendants who w.ere stockholders of said corporation, including those that were its managing officers and directors, entered a special appearance in said action and moved the dismissal thereof upon various grounds. The motion having been denied, such defendants procured from this -court a writ of certiorari directed to the circuit court, commanding it to make return to this court of its proceeding upon said motion to dismiss. It is upon the return of such writ that this matter is now before us, and the sole question to be determined is whether, under the facts pleaded', the circuit court has jurisdiction to grant any relief whatsoever.
The writ of certiorari is dismissed, at plaintiffs’ costs.