Jones v. Van Heusen Charles Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtVan Kirk, P. J.
A dismissal of the complaint, because of failure to state sufficient facts, has been denied.
The defendant is a corporation; the plaintiff one of its stocks/ holders. The gravamen of the complaint is, first, that “ the directors of the defendant have acted ” in bad faith in failing to declare dividends; second, that, while withholding dividends, these directors have from time to time distributed earnings and surplus among themselves as salaries, commissions and allowances for expenses and pleasure trips greatly in excess of reasonable compensation, all without legal right and with a deliberate…
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