Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1962

Gaines v. Adler

Gaines v. Adler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 6, 1962
15 A.D.2d 743; 223 N.Y.S.2d 1011; 1962 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11659
Gaines v. Adler

Opinion of the Court

Discoverable in the language of the complaint is the assertion, supported by allegations as to particular transactions, that the corporation has been in the past and is now being exploited exclusively for the private benefit of its managing and controlling stockholders. If plaintiffs should be able to establish this assertion, they might, in a proper case, be entitled to relief (Kroger v. Jaburg, 231 App. Div. 641; Lennan v. Blakeley, 273 App. Div. 767; cf. Fontheim v. Walker, 282 App. Div. 373, affd. 306 N. Y. 926). Concur — Breitel, J. P., Rabin, McNally, Stevens and Steuer, JJ.

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