Case Name: George McM. Godley and Another, Executors, etc., of Elizabeth McM. Godley, Deceased, Respondents, v. Crandall & Godley Company and Another, Individually and with Harry Pettee, Executors of Lyman F. Pettee, Deceased, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1926-10
Citations: 218 A.D. 724
Docket Number: 
Parties: George McM. Godley and Another, Executors, etc., of Elizabeth McM. Godley, Deceased, Respondents, v. Crandall & Godley Company and Another, Individually and with Harry Pettee, Executors of Lyman F. Pettee, Deceased, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 218
Pages: 724–725

Head Matter:
George McM. Godley and Another, Executors, etc., of Elizabeth McM. Godley, Deceased, Respondents, v. Crandall & Godley Company and Another, Individually and with Harry Pettee, Executors of Lyman F. Pettee, Deceased, Appellants.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, wítih ten dollars costs and disbursements, with leave to defendants to answer within twenty days from service of order upon payment of said costs, upon the ground that but one cause of action is stated in the complaint, which is a derivative action for an accounting on behalf of the stockholders of the corporation. The allegations which pertain to the dissolution of the corporation are improperly presented in the complaint and may be stricken out on appropriate motion. Present —• Clarke, P. J., Dowling, Merrell, McAvoy and Burr, JJ.