MOWATT v. 1540 LAKE SHORE DRIVE CORPORATION

No. 15825.

385 F.2d 135 (1967)

Victoria MOWATT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 1540 LAKE SHORE DRIVE CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dunkin, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Roger W. Barrett, Robert L. Stern, Jacob M. Shapiro, George W. Hamman, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees, Mayer, Friedlich, Spiess, Tierney, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

D'Ancona, Pflaum, Wyatt & Riskind, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for Maurice A. Riskind.

Before SCHNACKENBERG, KNOCH and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judges.


FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Victoria Mowatt is a stockholder-lessee of defendant 1540 Lake Shore Drive Corporation. The other defendants are or have been directors.1

Defendant corporation owns a multistory residential apartment building in Chicago. Stockholders must be lessees, and vice versa. Shares are transferable only to such assignee as may be permitted by the lease. The lease provides that the lessee shall not assign...

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