December 12, 1968. Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County, JOHN M. MURTAGH, J. Stanley Geller of counsel ( William J. Butler and Edward I. Kramer with him on the brief; Butler, Jablow Geller, attorneys), for appellant. Paul L. Ross of counsel ( Howard L. Jacobs with him on the brief; Wolf Popper Ross Wold Jones, attorneys), for Wright Machine Corporation and another, respondents. Murray I. Gurfein of counsel ( Goldstein, Gurfein, Shames Hyde, attorneys), for Victor Muscat, respondent. STEUER
February 24, 2009. Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard J. Fried, J.), entered June 12, 2008, awarding plaintiff the principal sum of $15,910,000, on a guarantee, and bringing up for review an order, same court and Justice, entered April 18, 2008, which granted plaintiffs CPLR 3213 motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint on the aforementioned guarantee and denied defendant's cross motion to dismiss, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Appeal from the aforesaid order unanimously
At the time when a merger becomes effective: (1) the receiving corporation shall be considered the same business and corporate entity as each corporation merged into it; (2) all of the property, rights, powers and franchises of any corporation that shall be so merged shall vest in the receiving corporation and the receiving corporation shall be subject to and be deemed to have assumed all of the debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of such merged corporation and to have succeeded to all of