Legal Opinion

Parish v. New York Produce Exchange

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1901PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, the New York Produce Exchange and ' others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of December, 1900, upon the report of a referee declaring void an amendment to the by-laws of the defendant, the New York Produce Exchange, and enjoining the defendants, the trustees of the gratuity fund, from carrying out the provisions of such by-law.

1Opinion of the Court

O’Brien, J.:

This action was brought in behalf of the plaintiffs and all others interested in the so-called “ Gratutity Fund ” of the New York Produce Exchange in like situation, to have an amendment to by-law 57 of the said New York Produce Exchange declared null and void, and to restrain the exchange and the defendant trustees of the fund from distributing such fund "among the members, as provided in and by the said amended by-law. The action affects the rights and interests of nearly 3,000 members of the exchange, which is a domestic corporation originally incorporated hy chapter 359 of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kent v. . Quicksilver Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hoosier Casualty Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1927
  2. Christal v. PetryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1949
  3. In re of Radiant Knitting Mills, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1959
  4. French v. New York Mercantile ExchangeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  5. French v. New York Mercantile ExchangeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903

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