Legal Opinion
Wolf v. Atkinson
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 10, 1944PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammek, J.
Motion is for security for costs under section 61-b of the General Corporation Law.
The claim is made that section 61-b (added to General Corporation Law by L. 1944, ch. 668, eff. April 9,1944) is unconstitutional as violative of section 11 of article I and, also, section 6 of the New York State Constitution, as well as the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Section 61-a, which provides in any action, suit or proceeding against one or more officers or directors or former officers or directors of a corporation brought by the corporation or a representative for the…
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