Pollak v. Dodge Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from an interlocutory judgment of the City Court of the city of Hew York, sustaining.defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtSeabury, J.
The court below sustained a demurrer to the complaint. This appeal presents the question whether the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The complaint, among other things, alleges that the defendant is a foreign corporation, organized under the laws of Indiana, and that, in 1890, it authorized an issue of $1,500,000, seven per cent, cumulative, preferred stock, divided into fifteen thousand shares of $100 each; that, “ in order to attract investors and to induce persons to become interested in the sale of the stock,” the defendant represented to the public…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Downey v. . FinucaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Cook v. . WarrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
3Cited by1 opinion
- Pollak v. Dodge Manufacturing Co.New York Supreme Court · 1913