Jacobson v. . Brooklyn Lumber Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 3,1905, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on 'trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 3,1905, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on 'trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The facts alleged in the complaint and admitted by the answer and the facts expressly found by the trial court are before the Court of Appeals, and this court has the power to review all questions of law arising upon the facts so admitted in the pleadings,…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The plaintiffs are minority stockholders of the defendant corporation. This action is brought by them on behalf of themselves and all other stockholders similarly situated to recover for the corporation from the individual defendants the amounts received by them for salaries as otii cers of the'corporation from the year 1892, and to cancel any and all alleged resolutions on the books of the corporation purporting to authorize said individual defendants to credit themselves with certain amounts for accumulated or deferred salaries, and also to redress other alleged wrongs to the corporation.
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- Sage v. . CulverNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Munson v. Syracuse, Geneva & Corning R. R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Butts v. . WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Kavanaugh v. . Commonwealth Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Duncomb v. . N.Y., H. N.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
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