Archway Motors, Inc. v. Edelson

This appeal and cross-appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City dismissing a bill seeking to invalidate three notes issued by Archway and a cross-bill seeking to invalidate the shares of stock issued by that corporation.

When the idea of Archway originated, Abramson and Edelson were brothers-in-law, each married to a sister of Selig Miller. Abramson had had experience in the automobile business as an executive of the Park Circle Motor Company. In 1946, he heard from a friendly Ford dealer that Ford was planning to establish a new Ford dealership in Baltimore, and,…