Continental Securities Co. v. Belmont
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, August Behnont and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 29th day of August, 1911, denying the motion of the defendants August Behnont and Walter Luttgen to vacate an order directing their examination before trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The affidavit upon which the order for the examination of the appellants was obtained stated that the action was brought " on behalf of themselves and of all other stockholders of the defendant Interborough Rapid Transit Company who are similarly situated, and for the benefit of said corporation defendant, for the purpose of compelling the individual defendants and each of them to account to said corporation defendant for 15,000 shares of the par value of $100 each, and of a much greater market value, of the capital stock of said corporation defendant, which is in the complaint…
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