Legal Opinion
Berson v. Blue Ridge Coal Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1950PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenvenga, J.
The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover the sum of $12,000, representing an accumulation of dividends on 500 shares of preferred stock of defendant.
The plaintiff alleges that in December, 1943, hér husband, who was president of defendant, made her a gift of the stock in suit and that, notwithstanding notice of the gift, the defendant has failed and refused to pay her the dividends thereon. The gift was parol or verbal; no certificate of stock or other written *476evidence of the gift was ever delivered, nor was any transfer of the stock registered on the books of the defendant. The question…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of Van AlstyneNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- In Re the Accounting of BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of CohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- Matson v. . AbbeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Matson v. AbbeyNew York Supreme Court · 1893
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- In re the Accounting of FeltesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1955
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- Opel v. McGrathDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952