Legal Opinion
City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Hewitt Realty Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 15, 1931PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Plaintiff, a stockholder of defendant corporation, holding 100 shares of stock in trust as part of a trust created by the will of Peter Cooper Hewitt, seeks by this action to compel declaration of dividends by the individual defendants, directors of the corporation.
The Hewitt Realty Company was organized in 1905, under the laws of the State of New York, “ to invest in real property, improved and unimproved, situated in the State of New York and in other States of the United States andjn foreign countries; and in the stocks, bonds and other securities and obligations of other corporations and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kavanaugh v. . Kavanaugh Knitting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Dodge v. Ford Motor Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1919
- I. Townsend Burden v. BurdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Lindgrove v. Schluter & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Hine v. LaustererNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
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- Cole Real Estate Corp. v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1974
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