Zimmermann v. Benz

The appeal is from an order sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint.

The pleading is long and cannot well be set out in extenso. The action is to recover damages on account of a sale by plaintiff to defendants Benz of 47 shares of stock in the defendant corporation on the ground that defendants conspired to and did bring it about by duress. The more important allegations are these:

The defendant corporation was formed in 1899 by Emil Zimmer-mann and the two defendants Benz, the former owning 47 shares of stock and the latter 94, of the par value of $100 a share. The three were the only…