New York Court of Appeals

Charles H. Kavanaugh, Suing on Behalf of Himself and Other Stockholders of the Commonwealth Trust Company of New…

March 7, 1905181 N.Y. 121

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's order striking from the complaint the plaintiff's statements of the purchase price and the depreciation of his shares, holding that such allegations are irrelevant in a derivative action and that the complaint need only set forth the corporate cause of action and the shareholder's standing.