Legal Opinion

Weiss v. Atkins

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided November 9, 1943PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GODDARD, District Judge.

Motion by defendants, Joseph P. Routh, the Pittston Company and United States Distributing Corporation, for an order dis missing the complaint and directing summary judgment for the defendants.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs, as trustees under the last will and testament of Nathan Burkan, deceased, were at all the times referred to and are the holders of 500 shares of common stock of the United States Distributing Corporation; that the value of such shares was destroyed as a result of a merger of the United States Distributing Corporation and the Pittston…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Winfree v. Riverside Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
  2. Craddock-Terry Co. v. PowellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1943
  3. Koster v. Shenandoah Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
  4. Wallace v. Motor Products Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1926

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Weiss v. RouthCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  2. Adams v. United States Distributing Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1945
  3. Gilbert v. Gulf Oil CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945
  4. Lachman v. BellDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
  5. McGhee v. General Finance CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1949

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