Legal Opinion
Rodkinson v. Haecker
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 1928PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The plaintiff is a lawyer. He has sued to recover compensation for his services. Defendants were stockholders in the Sylvan Electric Baths, Inc., holding a majority of the preferred stock and the minority of the common stock. They got into a dispute with one Bueckle, another stockholder, who had obtained control of the corporation, and was working it either to his own advantage or to the disadvantage of the defendants. The plaintiff was consulted and retained. Thereafter, in behalf of the defendants, he commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of Kings county to set aside the election of…
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