Opinion ID: 1446228
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: appeal of defendant johnson corporation

Text: [5] Defendant Johnson Corporation contends that its cross-complaint was improperly dismissed from the action. This contention is not sound. In a stockholders' derivative action interveners are but volunteers in the main original cause, and their counsel may not participate in the presentation of the main case save as counsel for the main stockholders may consent or the court may permit. ( Mann v. Superior Court, 53 Cal. App.2d 272, 280 [2] [127 P.2d 970] [hearing denied by the Supreme Court].) In the present case the trial court was not bound to permit the intervention of others of the same class if their interests were properly protected. So far as the record discloses here, defendant Johnson Corporation's interests were fully and properly protected, and therefore the trial court did not err in dismissing its cross-complaint. In view of our conclusions it is unnecessary to discuss other questions argued by counsel. The judgment and orders are each affirmed.