Legal Opinion
Scholle v. Cuban-Venezuelan Oil Voting Trust
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 16, 1960No. 31, Docket 26055PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, a citizen of New York, brought this action for breach of an agreement giving him an option to purchase stock. The option, granted by the defendant voting trust, organized under the law of Cuba,1 in consideration of past services, gave plaintiff, Sigurd Scholle, the right to purchase 50,000 shares of its stock at a price of $1.00 per unit “for the duration of the trust, which will expire June 1, 1955.” On November 15, 1954, four months after the option had been granted, the term of the voting trust was extended for ten years beyond the original…
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