President Self Service, Inc. v. Affiliated Restaurateurs, Inc.

Crane, Ch. J.

President Self Service, Inc., is a New York corporation owning and operating a cafeteria at 110 West Forty-second street, Manhattan, known under the trade name of “ 42nd Street Cafeteria.” Cortlandt Cafeteria, Inc., is a New York corporation operating a cafeteria at 20 Cortlandt street, Manhattan, known as “ Cortlandt Cafeteria.” It is claimed that the stockholdings of President Self Service, Inc., and of the Cortlandt Cafeteria, Inc., are substantially the same; that at least eighty per cent of the stock is held by the same parties in both corporations; that the directors are…