Fitchett v. Murphy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Thomas j. Murphy and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 15th day of March, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order bearing date the 15th day of March, 1899, granting the plaintiff, an additional allowance.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The action is brought by a minority stockholder in the American Bill • Posting Company of the city of Brooklyn, to restrain the defendants Murphy, Link and Fay from paying to themselves certain salaries which are. claimed to be exorbitant. The testimony shows that prior to August, 1894, Murphy was engaged in the bill posting business in Brooklyn, having a somewhat valuable plant) consisting of bill bdards, leases, fences,' advertising privileges, and regular custom therein. George H. Fitchett, the plaintiff’s intestate," and the defendants Link and Fay, together with one…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Flynn v. . Brooklyn City R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
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