Kraft v. Griffon Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Rudolph Kraft, fr'om a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of March, 1902, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action by a stockholder of the Griffon Company to enjoin a second issue of stock to be given as a bonus on the sale of company bonds for their par value. The company was incorporated in New Jersey in the month of February, 1897, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling dress goods, but its plant is now in the State of Pennsylvania. Its principal office,.however, is in the city of New York, where the plaintiff and all the directors of the corporation reside. The annual meetings of the stockholders are held in New Jersey, as required by the charter; but all the…
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