Legal Opinion
Earl v. Brewer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 30, 1936PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
Plaintiff brought this minority stockholder’s action to recover from the present directors and some of the past directors of the Standard Furniture Company, for its benefit, certain sums of money claimed to have been, by said directors, taken and expended improperly. We think the judgment of the referee before whom the case was tried is correct excepting in two particulars. Fault is found by defendants with that part of the judgment which awards to plaintiff the sum of $14,070.27 for her expenses of the litigation. The allowance seems large, but it was a case which required much time and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hirshfeld v. . FitzgeraldNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Planten v. National Nassau BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Planten v. . EarlNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Atwater v. Elkhorn Valley Coal-Land Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Rigney v. TallmadgeNew York Supreme Court · 1865
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- Smith v. SperlingDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1953
- Xerox Corp. v. NeisesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
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