Filene v. Kirstein

This suit in equity is to prevent the violation of a written contract of July 19, 1928, referred to herein as the settlement agreement. The parties to this agreement were the plaintiff and the defendants, which defendants together are, it is alleged, the controlling stockholders of Wm. Filene’s Sons Company, a Massachusetts corporation.

The purpose of the settlement agreement was to effect a reorganization of the corporate structure of the Filene corporation and to bring about a revision of the stockholdings of the parties in the corporation. The parties foresaw, the bill alleges, the…