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Bitter fight for control of Norwich finishing firm court told
In Superior court Don ald B Derby of Syracuse testified as a company witness in a tense injunction case over the United States Finishing company of Norwich. Derby said former president Tracy A Adams and others sought to gain proxies to force a June 27 stockholders meeting, aiming to increase the board to 21 members and change the annual meeting date. He denied profiting from stock purchases and said the company had not offered to buy the stock. The suit seeks to void proxies and block actions by Adams Lewis Hale and others, with cross examinations to continue.
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United States
Norwich
Thomas J. Molloy
Donald B. Derby
Syracuse
N. Y
Derby
Edward C. Sterling
Fairfield
Tracy A. Adams
John R. Lewis
Seattle
Wash
Thomas
Sterling
Adams
Massachusetts
Der
New York City
Cornell
G. Wyman Carroll
Carroll
Mr. Derby
Lewis
New York
Mr. Peyser
Mr. Adams
Peyser
Ethan A. Peyser
Mr. Lewist
Mr. Hale
William L. Hadden
Poutzner, Hadden, Ropkind and
Hadden
Norman K. Parsells
Marsh, Day and Calhoun
United States Finishing Company
Edward J. McCarthy
Alvin C. Breul, Jr
Boardman, Stoddard and
McCarthy
Connecticut