SARNER v. SARNER


38 N.J. 463 (1962)

185 A.2d 851

MAURICE SARNER AND LEONARD SARNER, AS STOCKHOLDERS OF LINWOOD PARK, INC., SECTIONS 1 TO 13, INCLUSIVE, EACH A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. SIDNEY SARNER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS AN OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF LINWOOD PARK, INC., SECTIONS 1 TO 13, INCLUSIVE, EACH A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. WALTER D. VAN RIPER, ET AL., RESPONDENTS PRO SE.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James R.E. Ozias argued the cause for defendants-appellants (Messrs. McCarter & English, attorneys; Mr. Ozias, of counsel; Mr. Robert P. Douglass, on the brief).

Mr. Walter D. Van Riper argued the cause pro se and for plaintiffs-respondents (Messrs. Van Riper & Belmont, attorneys).


The opinion of the court was delivered by SCHETTINO, J.

This appeal is from an order directing three corporate defendants to pay counsel fees of $25,000 to plaintiffs' attorneys. While the appeal was pending in the Appellate Division, we certified the cause on our own motion.

The services compensated by the award were rendered in an action in which plaintiffs sought the vindication of corporate rights in a stockholders' derivative suit, as well as the establishment...

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