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ALLEGHANY CORPORATION v. KIRBY

218 F.Supp. 164 (1963)

ALLEGHANY CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Allan P. KIRBY, Randolph Phillips, Charles T. Ireland, Jr., and Fred M. Kirby, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 28, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Townley, Updike, Carter & Rodgers, New York City, for plaintiff, Stuart N. Updike, J. Howard Carter, Lee W. Meyer, New York City, of counsel.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, for defendants Allan P. Kirby and Fred M. Kirby, Granville Whittlesey, Jr., Roy W. McDonald, Robert M. Loeffler, Walter L. Stratton, Robert V. Dunn, John J. McCann, New York City, of counsel.

Randolph Phillips, defendant pro se.

Kissam & Halpin, New York City, for Charles T. Ireland, Jr., Leo T. Kissam, Anthony J. Genovese, Edmund K. Leach, New York City, of counsel.

DAWSON, District Judge.

The Nature of the Action

This action represents another chapter in the checkered career of Alleghany Corporation. Although brought as a suit in equity, it appears to be but another skirmish in the battle of tycoons (the Murchison Brothers of Texas on one side, and Allan P. Kirby of New Jersey on the other) for control of a rich plum— Alleghany Corporation. With the advantage of greath wealth on both sides, and the logistical...

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