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240 N.Y. 605

148 N.E 724

Andre v. Beha

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 7, 1925

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1925-04-07

Relies on Hawes v. Oakland · Spencer v. Standard Chemicals & Metals Corp.

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Decided 1925-04-07

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently March 1954

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Per Curiam.

¶1 Plaintiff as managing director for Northern Insurance Company of Moscow is not the real party in interest and may not maintain this action as such. (Spencer v. Standard C. & M. Corp., 237 N. Y. 479.)

¶2 As a stockholder suing in a representative capacity in the right of the corporation he has not made out a cause of action since no waste of corporate assets is threatened. (Howes v. City of Oakland, 104 U. S. 450.)

¶3 The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.

¶4 His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin and Lehman, JJ., concur; Crane, J., dissents; Andrews, J., not voting.

¶5 Judgment affirmed.

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