Legal Opinion
Dean v. Van Scoter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 16, 1983PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously modified, and, as modified, affirmed, with costs to defendants, in accordance with the following memorandum: Plaintiff seeks in his first cause of action a declaratory judgment that the issuance of 40 shares of stock to the defendant was null and void. Such an action must be commenced within six years from the date the stock was issued (CPLR 213, subd 1; see Solnick v Whalen, 49 NY2d 224, 229-230). Plaintiff’s first cause of action accrued in January, 1971 but was not commenced until December, 1980. Accordingly, Special Term should have granted defendant’s cross motion for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Solnick v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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