1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 157 F.Supp.
  5. 157 F.Supp. 895 (1954)
 

CATHEDRAL ESTATES v. TAFT REALTY CORPORATION

Civ. A. 3016.

157 F.Supp. 895 (1954)

CATHEDRAL ESTATES, Inc., Irving Zauderer, Allenhurst Realties, Inc., Robert Linker, Lillian Linker, Helen Kimmelman, Frances Zauderer, Anna Haberman, Charles Kimmelman and Milton A. Kimmelman, copartners doing business under the firm name and style of Charles and Milton A. Kimmelman individually and as holders of Voting Trust Certificates representing stock of The Taft Realty Corporation, suing on behalf of themselves and all other holders of Voting Trust Certificates of The Taft Realty Corporation, and for the benefit of said corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The TAFT REALTY CORPORATION, Hotel Taft, Inc.; Samuel L. Lebis, William L. Hadden and G. Harold Welch, as Voting Trustees of the stock of The Taft Realty Corporation; and Samuel L. Lebis and Ruth Lebis individually, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Connecticut.

On Motion For New Trial, etc., November 17, 1954.

On Motion For Judgment March 22, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pullman, Comley, Bradley & Reeves, Bridgeport, Conn. (William Reeves, John S. Barton, Bridgeport, Conn., of counsel), Sylvester & Harris, New York City (Sidney G. Kingsley, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Hugh Meade Alcorn, Jr., R. Graeme Smith, Henry P. Bakewell, Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Chief Judge.

This is a stockholders derivative action seeking to set aside the sale and conveyance of the Hotel Taft in New Haven, and seeking to obtain transfer to the old hotel corporation of shares of its stock claimed to have been purchased in usurpation of its corporate opportunity to purchase them, and for an accounting.

The principal issues on the first count are the value of the hotel property on the date of sale, January 20, 1950...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases