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Matter of Kaufman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 29, 1937
252 App. Div. 280 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)

Opinion

October 29, 1937.

S.C. Lewis of counsel [ Einar Chrystie, attorney], for the petitioner.

Alfred J. Talley, for the respondent.

Present — MARTIN, P.J., UNTERMYER, DORE, COHN and CALLAHAN, JJ.


The evidence establishes that the respondent, having been retained by Sidney Michaels and other associates and paid to incorporate an association to be known as the Co-operative New York Butchers Fat Rendering Association, Inc., falsely represented to Mr. Michaels and his associates that the incorporation had been duly effected, that subscriptions to stock might be taken and business conducted in the corporate name. As a result of these misrepresentations Mr. Michaels and others became personally liable for obligations which they had entered into in the aforesaid corporate name.

The respondent should be disbarred.


Respondent disbarred.


Summaries of

Matter of Kaufman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 29, 1937
252 App. Div. 280 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)
Case details for

Matter of Kaufman

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of AARON H. KAUFMAN, an Attorney, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Oct 29, 1937

Citations

252 App. Div. 280 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)
299 N.Y.S. 157

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