Legal Opinion
Adams v. Clark
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 27, 1925PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
The action is based on a conspiracy to defraud. Plaintiff’s testator, Mrs. Page (formerly Wegman), was the owner of a majority of the stock of the Wegman Piano Company, herein mentioned, which was a once prosperous concern in the city of Auburn, but was at the time of the transaction, although claiming to be solvent, in need of ready money and available working capital. The alleged purpose of the conspiracy .was to destroy the value of her stock. The alleged plan of the conspiracy was that the Cayuga County National Bank should squeeze the piano company by discontinuing financial…
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