Case Name: Downtown Harvard Lunch Club, Plaintiff, v. Racso, Inc., et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-03-12
Citations: 199 Misc. 618
Docket Number: 
Parties: Downtown Harvard Lunch Club, Plaintiff, v. Racso, Inc., et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 199
Pages: 618–618

Head Matter:
Downtown Harvard Lunch Club, Plaintiff, v. Racso, Inc., et al., Defendants.
Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County,
March 12, 1951.
Albert Felix and Allen S. Stim for defendants.
William S. Beinecke and Edward J. Madden for plaintiff.

Opinion:
Hammer, J.
This motion for an order pursuant to rule 106 of the Eules of Civil Practice dismissing the amended complaint as to the defendant Tucci is granted. A director or officer of a corporation may not be held liable where his corporation has been allegedly induced by him to violate its contractual obligation (see Greyhound Corp. v. Commercial Cas. Ins. Co., 259 App. Div. 317, and J. E. Brulatour, Inc., v. Wilmer & Vincent Corp., 63 N. Y. S. 2d 54). Settle order.