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MARTIN v. COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP.

307 N.Y. 922 (1954)

In the Matter of Lester Martin, Respondent, v. Columbia Pictures Corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 3, 1954

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferdinand Pecora and David H. Horowitz for appellant.

Meier Steinbrink, Harry Heller, William Gellin and Max M. Bernstein for respondent.

Concur: LEWIS, Ch. J., DESMOND, DYE and FROESSEL, JJ. Dissent: CONWAY, FULD and VAN VOORHIS, JJ.

Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

CONWAY, FULD and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., dissent in the following memorandum:

While we, of course, agree that "the Supreme Court has power, in its sound discretion, upon good cause shown", to direct an inspection of corporate books (Matter of Steinway, 159 N.Y. 250, 265; see, also, Matter of Durr v. Paragon Trading Corp., 270 N.Y. 464), we do not believe that such cause was shown to exist in this case to justify...

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