MATTER OF LARRY JAY, INC.


3 A.D.2d 386 (1957)

In the Matter of the General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors of Larry Jay, Inc., Assignor, to New York Credit Men's Adjustment Bureau, Inc., Respondent. Joint Board of Dress and Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Schlesinger of counsel (Emil Schlesinger and Max Bloom with him on the brief; Schlesinger & Bloom, attorneys), for appellant.

Murray Feigenbaum of counsel (Irving J. Seaver with him on the brief; Seaver & Feigenbaum, attorneys), for respondent.

RABIN and FRANK, JJ., concur with BOTEIN, J.; PECK, P. J., dissents and votes to affirm in opinion, in which BREITEL, J., concurs.


BOTEIN, J.

At the turn of the century working and competitive conditions in the women's apparel industry were at a shocking level. Hordes of immigrants supplied an ever-deepening reservoir of cheap labor, and unrestrained jungle competition among manufacturers steadily depressed existing low wages. With the advent of an aggressive union in 1900, progress began to be made in organizing employees and improving conditions...

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