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Garson v. Rapping

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 17, 1985
66 N.Y.2d 928 (N.Y. 1985)

Opinion

Argued November 13, 1985

Decided December 17, 1985

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, Albert M. Rosenblatt, J.

John R. Kelligrew, Cornelius D. Murray and Salvatore D. Ferlazzo for appellant.

Jonathan Lovett for Lowell S. Rapping, as Executor of Percy Garson, deceased, respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 105 A.D.2d 726). We add only that the court properly applied the limited exception to the rule of strict compliance with the requirements of the Business Corporation Law (see, e.g., Matter of Rye Psychiatric Hosp. Center, 66 N.Y.2d 333) recognized in Zion v Kurtz ( 50 N.Y.2d 92, 102, rearg denied 50 N.Y.2d 1060).

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE and ALEXANDER. Taking no part: Judge TITONE.


Summaries of

Garson v. Rapping

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 17, 1985
66 N.Y.2d 928 (N.Y. 1985)
Case details for

Garson v. Rapping

Case Details

Full title:HERMINA GARSON, Appellant, v. LOWELL S. RAPPING, as Executor of PERCY…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 17, 1985

Citations

66 N.Y.2d 928 (N.Y. 1985)
498 N.Y.S.2d 796
489 N.E.2d 765

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