Legal Opinion
Abramson v. Leo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 23, 1934PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for fraud due to an alleged conspiracy on the part of the defendants to deprive him of his stock in the defendant corporations. The indi*345vidual parties hereto, with the exception of Benjamin Leo, were jointly interested as stockholders and directors of corporations which owned valuable moving picture theatres.
In the fall of 1928 the Fox Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc., was organized for the purpose of acquiring a large number of moving picture theatres. Thereafter negotiations were opened by the defendant Strauss on behalf of the plaintiff and the other…
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