Title 9, Chapter 11, Section 23
( 9-11-23)
(a) Representation. If persons constituting a class are so numerous
as to make it impracticable to bring them all before the court, such
of them, one or more, as will fairly ensure the adequate
representation of all may, on behalf of all, bring or defend an
action when the character of the right sought to be enforced for or
against the class is: (1) Joint, or common, or secondary in the sense that the owner of
a primary right refuses to enforce that right and a member of the
class thereby becomes entitled to enforce it; or (2) Several, and the object of the action is the adjudication of
claims which do or may affect specific property involved in the
action. (b) Secondary action by shareholders. In an action brought to enforce a secondary right on the part of one or more shareholders in an association, incorporated or unincorporated, because the association refuses to enforce rights which may properly be asserted by it, the complaint shall be verified by oath and shall aver that the plaintiff was a shareholder at the time of the transaction of which he or she complains or that his or her share thereafter devolved on him or her by operation of law. The complaint shall also set forth with particularity the efforts of the plaintiff to secure from the managing directors or trustees such actions as the plaintiff desires and the reasons for his or her failure to obtain such action or the reasons why irreparable injury to the association, incorporated or unincorporated, would result by waiting for 90 days from the date of the demand upon the managing directors or trustees. This Code section is cumulative of Code Section 14-2-831. (c) Dismissal or compromise. A class action shall not be dismissed
or compromised without the approval of the court. If the right
sought to be enforced is one defined in paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of this Code section, notice of the proposed dismissal or
compromise shall be given to all members of the class in such manner
as the court directs. If the right is one defined in paragraph (2)
of subsection (a) of this Code section, notice shall be given only
if the court requires it. | 
