Case Name: Betty Davis, on Behalf of Herself, Individually, and All Other Stockholders Similarly Situate of the Columbia Pictures Corporation, Respondent, and Benedetto LaPresti, on Behalf of Himself Individually, and All Other Stockholders Similarly Situate of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Respondent, v. Charles Schwartz, as Executor, etc., of Nathan Burkan, and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants; Samuel Shapse, on Behalf of Himself, etc., of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Similarly Situated, Respondent, v. Charles Schwartz, Individually, and as Executor, etc., and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants; Sadie Britton and Jennie Britton, Suing on Behalf of Themselves, etc., of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Respondents, v. Charles Schwartz, Individually and as Executor, etc., and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-03-08
Citations: 259 A.D. 703
Docket Number: 
Parties: Betty Davis, on Behalf of Herself, Individually, and All Other Stockholders Similarly Situate of the Columbia Pictures Corporation, Respondent, and Benedetto LaPresti, on Behalf of Himself Individually, and All Other Stockholders Similarly Situate of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Respondent, v. Charles Schwartz, as Executor, etc., of Nathan Burkan, and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants. Samuel Shapse, on Behalf of Himself, etc., of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Similarly Situated, Respondent, v. Charles Schwartz, Individually, and as Executor, etc., and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants. Sadie Britton and Jennie Britton, Suing on Behalf of Themselves, etc., of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Respondents, v. Charles Schwartz, Individually and as Executor, etc., and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 703–703

Head Matter:
Betty Davis, on Behalf of Herself, Individually, and All Other Stockholders Similarly Situate of the Columbia Pictures Corporation, Respondent, and Benedetto LaPresti, on Behalf of Himself Individually, and All Other Stockholders Similarly Situate of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Respondent, v. Charles Schwartz, as Executor, etc., of Nathan Burkan, and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants. Samuel Shapse, on Behalf of Himself, etc., of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Similarly Situated, Respondent, v. Charles Schwartz, Individually, and as Executor, etc., and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants. Sadie Britton and Jennie Britton, Suing on Behalf of Themselves, etc., of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Respondents, v. Charles Schwartz, Individually and as Executor, etc., and Another, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants.

Opinion:
Order, so far as appealed from, unanimously affirmed, with twenty dollars costs and disbursements to the plaintiffs-respondents. No opinion. Present — O'Malley, Townley, Glennon, Untermyer and Cohn, JJ.