Legal Opinion
Weisser v. Mursam Shoe Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 27, 1942No. 238PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
The issue before us is the extent to which stockholders and affiliated corporations are liable on a contract made by a so-called “leasehold” corporation. The two individual defendants, Murray and Samuel Rosenberg, own substantially all of the capital stock of Murray M. Rosenberg, Inc., which was engaged in operating a chain of retail shoe stores. The shoes sold in these stores bore the name “Miles,” a trade-name owned by Miles Shoes, Inc., also substantially owned by the individual defendants, and apparently used by Murray M. Rosenberg, Inc., under some undisclosed…
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