MATTER OF BURKIN (KATZ)


1 N.Y.2d 570 (1956)

In the Matter of the Arbitration between Benjamin Burkin et al., Appellants, and Joseph Katz, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Kaplan for appellants.

Irving Levine for respondent.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and BURKE, JJ., concur.


VAN VOORHIS, J.

The question upon this appeal is whether the removal of a director of a corporation for misconduct can be the subject of an action, so as to be arbitrable under section 1448 of the Civil Practice Act. That section provides that controversies "which may be the subject of an action" may be submitted to arbitration or contracted to be decided by arbitration. In Matter of Fletcher (237 N.Y....

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