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CATHEDRAL ESTATES v. TAFT REALTY CORPORATION

No. 52, Docket 23634.

228 F.2d 85 (1955)

CATHEDRAL ESTATES, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The TAFT REALTY CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment against them in a stockholders' derivative suit seeking to set aside the sale of the Hotel Taft in New Haven. The defendants Lebis had a 92% interest in vendor, Taft Realty Corporation, in which plaintiffs are minority stockholders. At the time of the conveyance Samuel Lebis was in control of Taft Realty, and the officers, directors and voting trustees of that corporation were his nominees. The New Haven Realty...

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