Preszler v. Dudley

VALLÉE, J.

Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment in his favor for $400 in an action for damages based on an alleged agency to purchase shares of capital stock in a corporation.

Plaintiff is the brother of defendants Alvin Preszler and Helmuth Preszler who were the principals in Concrete Equipment Manufacturing Company, a corporation. Defendants had been operating the business for some time. One of the stockholders in the corporation was Richard Dudley, a brother-in-law of defendant Alvin. Early in 1952 Dudley expressed a desire to defendants to sell his stock and withdraw from the company.…