Irving Trust Co. v. Miss L. Brogan, Inc.

247 A.D. 275, 287 N.Y.S. 423, 1936 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8239

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: May 1, 1936
• Status: Published

Opinions

Per Curiam.

The complaint not only alleges a representative stockholders’ action, but also an action in fraud and a third action in conspiracy to defeat creditors. In substance, it claims that all the assets of the Louisiana corporation of which Lillian Lincoln Hardee was the' sole stockholder, completely controlling and dominating its affairs, were fraudulently transferred through and by aid of the corporate device of the defendant-appellant and the other defendants to defeat creditors’ rights. It is sufficiently alleged that the defendant, the Louisiana corporation, was a necessary party to the fraudulent and pretended transfer, claimed to have been conceived and executed in this State prior to the filing of the certificate of surrender of authority, for the sole and fraudulent purpose of rendering the estate in bankruptcy of Lillian Lincoln Hardee valueless. The cause of action is thus predicated on an obligation or liability claimed to have been incurred in this State by the Louisiana corporation within the construction and definition of paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 216 of the General Corporation Law. Hennenlotter v. Sturhahn (223 App. Div. 857) is distinguishable on its facts, especially as there it was strenuously contended that the cause of action did not arise in this State and that the claimed transfer did not take place in this State.

The order appealed from should be affirmed, with twenty dollars costs and disbursements, with leave to the defendant-appellant to answer within twenty days after service of order, upon payment of said costs.

Present — Martin, P. J., McAvoy, O’Malley . Dore and Cohn, JJ.; O’Malley and Cohn, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse and grant the motion.