Legal Opinion
Bata v. Bata
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 17, 1952PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
Plaintiffs are the widow and son, and defendant is the half brother, of Thomas Bata who died a citizen and resident of Czechoslovakia, in 1932. Plaintiffs live in Canada, defendant in Brazil. During his lifetime, Thomas Bata was the principal officer (and, say plaintiffs, the sole owner) of a world-wide shoe manufacturing business, which was carried on through a number of corporations and companies, organized under the laws of many States and countries, one of them being a New York corporation. The complaint in this action says that after Thomas Bata’s death, defendant, who had been employed…
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