SPEELMAN v. PASCAL


10 N.Y.2d 313 (1961)

Marianne Z. Speelman, Respondent, v. Valerie Pascal, as Administratrix with the Will Annexed of The Estate of Gabriel Pascal, Deceased, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Delaney for appellant.

Frederick R. Adler, Martin D. Jacobs and Leonard M. Leiman for respondent.

Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur.


Chief Judge DESMOND.

Gabriel Pascal, defendant's intestate who died in 1954, had been for many years a theatrical producer. In 1952 an English corporation named Gabriel Pascal Enterprises, Ltd., of whose 100 shares Gabriel Pascal owned 98, made an agreement with the English Public Trustee who represented the estate of George Bernard Shaw. This agreement granted to Gabriel Pascal Enterprises, Ltd., the exclusive...

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