Legal Opinion
Ripley v. Storer
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 13, 1956PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Voorhis, J.
This is a bitter controversy mainly between Douglas Ripley, the surviving brother of Robert L. Ripley who originated the pictorial series entitled “ Believe It Or Not ”, and Douglas F. Storer, who is the president of the corporation and appears to have been the trusted associate and main assistant of Robert L. Ripley in his lifetime. Storer apparently has not succeeded in acquiring or maintaining stock control of the corporation, and Douglas Ripley has — at least through liaison with Herlart, Inc. Nevertheless, while Storer was in a position to accomplish it, he succeeded in entering into a…
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