CRABTREE v. TRISTAR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

No. 90 Civ. 8222 (GLG).

776 F.Supp. 155 (1991)

Robert CRABTREE, individually and Robert Crabtree, d/b/a Estree Company, Plaintiffs, v. TRISTAR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., Arthur K. Watson, Jr., Charles H. Wilk and Stuart H. Watson, Defendants. TRISTAR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., Arthur K. Watson, Jr., and Stuart H. Watson, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. Robert E. CRABTREE, individually and Robert E. Crabtree d/b/a Estree Company, Margaret J. Lyster, Constance A. Markey, Joseph C. Crabtree and William J. Fox, as trustee of the Joseph C. Crabtree Trust, the Michael R. Crabtree Trust and the Robert E. Crabtree, Jr. Trust, Counterclaim Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kalnick, Jackson, Klee & Green, P.C. (Stuart A. Jackson, of counsel), New York City, for plaintiffs.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore (John E. Beerbower, of counsel), New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

In 1989, the defendants in this case purchased a network of automobile dealerships from the plaintiffs. The transaction did not go smoothly and the resulting disputes have been presented to this court for resolution. The complaint tells the story of a trusting seller who, after yielding possession of his business to the buyer, was asked to pay over a large sum of money in addition...

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