Legal Opinion
Mekrut v. Gould
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 23, 1959PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Isidor Wasservogel,
Spec. Eef. Plaintiffs seek to recover the sum of approximately $21,000 as damages, on the ground that they were fraudulently induced by defendants to purchase 15,000 shares of stock in a corporation known as Burma Mines, Ltd. Plaintiffs also seek the apparently inconsistent relief of rescission, not in the alternative, but in conjunction with their demand for damages.
The record shows that in or about April and May, 1956, plaintiff John S. Mekrut (hereinafter referred to as “Mekrut”) made three separate purchases of the stock of Burma Mines, Ltd., in the following amounts…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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