Fitchett v. Murphy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term. Action by Margaret Fitchett, as administratrix of George H. Fitch-' ett, deceased, against Thomas J. Murphy, Bernard Link, William P. Fay, and the American Billposting Company of the City of Brooklyn, to restrain defendants Murphy, Link, and Fay from paying to themselves salaries alleged to be exorbitant. From a judgment for plaintiff (56 N. Y. Supp. 322), defendants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtGoodrich, P. J.
The action is brought by a minority stockholder in the American Billposting Company of the City of Brooklyn to restrain the defendants Murphy, Link, and Fay from paying to-themselves certain salaries, which are claimed to be exorbitant. The testimony shows that prior .to August, 1894, Murphy was engaged in the billposting business in Brooklyn, having a somewhat valuable plant, consisting of billboards, leases, fences, advertising privileges, and regular custom therein. George H. Fitchett, the plaintiff’s intestate, and the defendants Link and Fay, together with one Coutrier, had organized a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Flynn v. . Brooklyn City R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
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