Legal Opinion

Planten v. . Earl

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 20, 1917PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 10, 1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term sustaining demurrers to separate defenses set up in the several answers to a stockholder’s action against directors of the National Nassau Bank of New York for alleged negligent management.

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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 10, 1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term sustaining demurrers to separate defenses set up in the several answers to a stockholder’s action against directors of the National Nassau Bank of New York for alleged negligent management. The answers of the defendants deny the acts of negligence and misconduct alleged in the complaint, and then set up the defense that by vote of the shareholders the bank was placed in voluntary liquidation and a liquidating…

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with costs, and question certified answered in the negative; no opinion.

Concur:. Hiscock, Oh. J., Chase, Collin, Hogan, Cardozo and Crane, JJ. Not sitting: McLaughlin, J.

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,366 Benjamin A. Cook v. Avien, Inc., James F. Pritchard, Benjamin A. Cook v. Avien, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
  2. City Nat. Bank of Huron, SD v. FullerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  3. Earl v. BrewerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
  4. Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance v. HopsonNew York Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Brown v. Deposit National BankNew York Supreme Court · 1925

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