Sachs v. Jenista

This is an action brought by plaintiff, Louis Sachs, for an accounting of the assets of a partnership which dissolved and was succeeded by various corporate entities. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants. We affirm.

The issue on appeal is the applicability of estoppel by former verdict.

Plaintiff is the administrator d.b.n.-c.t.a. of the estate of Margot L. Oreck. In 1949, Marvin Oreck, Margot Oreck’s husband, owned 80 percent of a partnership in a clothing business with defendant Dorothy Jenista, who held the remaining 20-percent interest. Upon Mr. Oreck’s death in…