Mendelson v. Blatz Brewing Co.

The complaint alleges a conspiracy on the part of the respondents Grimm and Harrison to perpetrate two unlawful acts. The first unlawful act charged is that of causing the plaintiff’s removal as general manager of the corporation to further a scheme of the defendants wholly unrelated to that of promoting the welfare of the corporation. The second is that of coercing the plaintiff by economic duress to sell his stock in the corporation to the respondents for much less than its fair market value. If the allegations of the complaint are sufficient to spell out a cause of action in either…