Delaware Court of Chancery, 1955

37 opinions

Samuel Hallock duPont and Eve duPont Remer, Plaintiffs, vs. Equitable Security Trust Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Trustee under a Trust Agreement, dated August 26, 1929, Defendant, John H. Remer, Jr., and Elizabeth Wrenn Remer, Additional Defendants on Cross Complaint 1955-01-04
The Morgan Millwork Company, a Maryland corporation, vs. Highway Truck Drivers and Helpers, A. F. of L. Local No. 107, an unincorporated association 1955-01-12
Paul E. Timmons, Georgia P. Timmons, vs. William S. Campbell, Arthur Lee Pittard, Sheriff of Sussex County, Delema S. Hauger 1955-01-24
Albert W. James, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Naman, deceased, vs. Equitable Security Trust Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Naman, deceased, Rose Naman and Minna Naman Tessler 1955-02-01
Edward W. G. Borer, Howard Butcher, III, and William H. B. Simpson, Plaintiffs, vs. Associated General Utilities Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Edward J. Caughlin, Henry C. Hasbrouck, Robert B. Jarvis, Joseph V. McManus, George Rosier and Harold F. Scattergood, Defendants 1955-02-17
Muriel Cohen, Muriel Cohen, next friend of Diane Lea Markel, vs. Adolph Markel, Jr. 1955-02-23
Robert L. Niles, Jr., and Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of John Barron Niles, deceased, vs. Lynam Niles, Isabelle P. Niles, and Philip V. Manning, Guardian of Julian B. Niles, Jr., a minor 1955-02-25
Thomas J. Bata; Thomas J. Bata and David H. Graham, as Executors of the Estate of Mary T. Bata; and Western Investment and Trading Company, Limited, a Bermuda corporation, vs. Donald M. Hill; Donald M. Hill, Jr.; Donald M. Hill and Donald M. Hill, Jr., as Voting Trustees under Voting Trust Agreement for North River Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation, dated October 22, 1940; Charles Jucker and Hans Berger, individually, as mandatories in accordance with the law of Switzerland, and as a partnership; North River Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Walter Runge, Louis F. Sperry and Frank A. Seller; Edward N. Goodwin, Nicholas Danforth, A. Turney Savage, Harold J. Faulkner, William F. Clare, Jr., and A. Pennington Whitehead, partners in the practice of law under the firm name of Goodwin, Danforth, Savage & Whitehead successor firm to a partnership which practiced law under the firm name of Campbell, Harding, Goodwin & Danforth; Edward N. Goodwin and Harold J. Faulkner, as surviving Voting Trustees under a Voting Trust Agreement for Westhold Corporation, a Delaware corporation, dated October 14, 1940; Cagodan Corporation, a New York corporation; Westhold Corporation, a Delaware corporation; New World Investments Limited, a Canadian corporation; Roycan & Co., a Canadian partnership; N. V. Hollandsche Handelmaatschappij Bave, a Dutch corporation; Per Norgren, as Liquidator of N. V. Hollandsche Handelmaatschappij Bave, a Dutch corporation ; N. V. Nederlandsche Schoen-en Lederfabrieken BataBest, a Dutch corporation formerly bearing the name N. V. Schoen-en Lederindustrie Amsterdam; Jan A. Bata; Transoceanique S. A., a Luxembourg corporation; Hans Berger, as Liquidator of Transoceanique S. A., a Luxembourg corporation ; and Leader A. G., a Swiss corporation 1955-03-08
The Morgan Millwork Company, a Maryland corporation, vs. Highway Truck Drivers and Helpers, A. F. of L. Local No. 107, an unincorporated association 1955-03-25
Helen N. Mougianis, Plaintiff, vs. Embassy Realty Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware and John Diamantopoulos, Defendants 1955-04-01
Albert W. Foster, vs. Delaware Valley Drug Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation 1955-04-07
Lefcourt Realty Corporation, vs. Harry Sands and Irene Sands 1955-04-21
John F. Lynn, Executor under the last Will and Testament of Jacob A. Melvin, deceased, vs. Helen Clinton, Russell Clinton, Jr., Louis Clinton, James Clinton, Howard C. Clinton, Edwin Clinton, Rena Woodridge, Margaret Lichfield, Clara McCabe, also known as Clara Winbrow, The Home of Merciful Rest, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Young Mens Christian Association, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Harvey S. Clinton, Russell Clinton, Sr., Dorothy M. Clinton 1955-04-29
Thomas J. Bata, Thomas J. Bata and David H. Graham, as Executors of the Estate of Mary T. Bata, and Western Investment and Trading Company, Limited, a Bermuda corporation, Plaintiffs, vs. Donald M. Hill ; Donald M. Hill, Jr.; Donald M. Hill and Donald M. Hill, Jr., as Voting Trustees under Voting Trust Agreement for North River Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation, dated October 22, 1940; Charles Jucker and Hans Berger, individually, as mandatories in accordance with the law of Switzerland, and as a partnership; North River Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Walter Runge, Louis F. Sperry and Frank A. Seller; Edward N. Goodwin, Nicholas Danforth, A. Turney Savage, Harold J. Faulkner, William F. Clare, Jr., and A. Pennington Whitehead, partners in the practice of law under the firm name of Goodwin, Danforth, Savage & Whitehead successor firm to a partnership which practiced law under the firm name of Campbell, Harding, Goodwin & Danforth; Edward N. Goodwin and Harold J. Faulkner, as surviving Voting Trustees under a Voting Trust Agreement for Westhold Corporation, a Delaware corporation, dated October 14, 1940; Cagodan Corporation, a New York corporation; Westhold Corporation, a Delaware corporation; New World Investments Limited, a Canadian corporation; Roycan & Co., a Canadian partnership; N. V. Hollandsche Handelmaatschappij Bave, a Dutch corporation; Per Norgren, as Liquidator of N. V. Hollandsche Handelmaatschappij Bave, a Dutch corporation; N. V. Nederlandsche Schoen-en Lederfabrieken BataBest, a Dutch corporation formerly bearing the name N. V. Schoen-en Lederindustrie Amsterdam; Jan A. Bata, Transoceanique S. A., a Luxembourg corporation, Hans Berger, as Liquidator of Transoceanique S. A., a Luxembourg corporation; and Leader A. G., a Swiss corporation, Defendants 1955-05-06
Margaret Halsey Spruance ; Margaret Halsey Spruance, next friend of Margaret G. Spruance, a minor child, William Halsey Spruance, a minor child, and Alice Lea Spruance II, a minor child, vs. Preston Lea Spruance 1955-05-13
Isabelle Gropper, vs. The North Central Texas Oil Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation 1955-05-13
Esso Standard Oil Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff, vs. John C. Cunningham, Jr., and Lydia Cunningham, his wife, Defendants 1955-06-02
The Lionel Corporation, a corporation of the State of New York, Plaintiff, vs. Phil Klein, trading as Phils Distributors, Defendant 1955-06-09
Frances B. Greene and Myron L. Greene, executors under the Last Will and Testament of Louis A. Greene, deceased, Plaintiffs, vs. George E. Allen, Eastman Birkett, Oswald L. Johnston, Floyd B. Odlum, W. C. Rockefeller, and Airfleets, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants 1955-06-27
Walter H. Smith, Executor under the last Will and Testament of Bertha Truitt McKaig, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Audrey Truitt, Mary Alice Truitt Horn, Audrey Jane Truitt McCabe, Leon C. Truitt, Mabel Madeline Lux, Alfred W. Truitt, Pearl Smith, Katherine Pernet, Emma Truitt, Louise Huber, Margaret Seugling, Henry R. Lee, Frank P. Lee, Jr., Scott Methodist Church, a religious corporation of the State of Delaware; and Asbury Methodist Church, a religious corporation of the State of Delaware, and Walter H. Smith, Defendants 1955-07-05
John F. Betley and Alice M. Betley, his wife, Plaintiffs, vs. Gordy Construction Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, and Llangollen Club, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants 1955-07-14
Willard F. Anzilotti and Lyll B. Anzillotti, his wife, Plaintiffs, vs. Andrews Construction Co., a Delaware corporation, Defendant 1955-07-21
The Morgan Millwork Company, a Maryland corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Highway Truck Drivers and Helpers, A. F. of L. Local No. 107, an unincorporated association, Defendant 1955-07-22
Elliot F. Glassberg, as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Morris Glassberg, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Howard Boyd, Lindsay Bradford, C. C. Cragin, A. R. Grambling, Paul Kayser, Frank Liddell, C. L. Perkins, H. F. Steen, D. H. Tucker, W. J. K. Vanston, Fred T. Wagner, Western Natural Gas Company and El Paso Natural Gas Company, Defendants 1955-09-14
A. F. Adams, Alice E. Adams and Almera Electric Company, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs, vs. Clearance Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Allen S. Crane, Ranford Dunlap, Theodore S. Gary, G. L. Grawols, F. S. Spring, Emmett Swanson, E. C. Blomeyer, C. S. Cadwell, A. E. Carlson and V. E. Chaney, said individuals as Voting Trustees of a certain Voting Trust Agreement dated April 1, 1954, covering voting stock of General and Telephone Investments, Inc., General and Telephone Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and R. E. Williams, Defendants 1955-09-28
Helen E. Cottrell, Plaintiff, vs. The Pawcatuck Company (formerly the C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company), a Delaware corporation, Harris-Seybold Company, a Delaware corporation, Donald C. Cottrell, Ridley Watts, Arthur M. Cottrell, Jr., and Charles P. Cottrell, Jr., Defendants 1955-09-28
Harold K. Baron, Plaintiff, vs. Pressed Metals of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Frederick W. Richmond, Defendants 1955-10-19
Donald F. Stevens, Plaintiff, vs. Cecil H. Johnston, Defendant 1955-11-03
Harold K. Baron, Plaintiff, vs. Pressed Metals of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Frederick W. Richmond, Defendants 1955-11-14
James S. Abercrombie, Phillips Petroleum Company, a corporation, and Sunray Oil Corporation, a corporation, Plaintiffs, vs. Ralph K. Davies, Signal Oil and Gas Company, a corporation, The Hancock Oil Company, a corporation, The Globe Oil and Refining Company, a corporation, Lario Oil and Gas Company, a corporation, Ashland Oil & Refining Company, a corporation, Deep Rock Oil Corporation, a corporation, Samuel B. Mosher, Garth L. Young, John W. Hancock, J. Howard Marshall, Harold A. Black, Francis L. Jehle, Rexford S. Blazer, Sanford M. Burnam, American Independent Oil Company, a corporation, and Security First National Bank of Los Angeles, California, a corporation, Defendants 1955-11-18
Avon Products, Inc., a corporation of the State of New York, Plaintiff, vs. Highway Truck Drivers and Helpers, A. F. of L., Local No. 107, an unincorporated association, and Walter C. Crawford, Business Agent and Individually, and Local No. 115, I. B. T. C. W. and H. of A., A. F. of L., an unincorporated association, and John P. Morris, President and Individually, Defendants 1955-11-25
Natalie duPont Edmonds and Hugh R. Sharp, Jr., Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Pierre S. duPont, Deceased, Plaintiffs, vs. James A. White, William H. Kraemer, Ellen G. White, Mary Ethel Hunt, Ophelia Dent, Emily Storck Kraemer, John Kudlacek, William Farrington, Frank L. Battan, Hayes H. Battan, Edward A. Garbright, John M. Johnson, Roy Johnson, Cornelius J. Kenney, John MacInnes, John H. Marx, Catherine A. McAllister, Frank S. Miller, Fred Miller, Alice S. Pierson, Carl F. Pyle, Ernest R. Robinson, Ernest F. Saunders, Lewis B. Smith, Roland W. Taylor, George E. Thompson, Caleb S. Toulson, James P. Truss, Edna S. Wade, Edgar L. White and Longwood Foundation, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants 1955-12-02
Charles W. Mace, Jr., and Emma L. Mace, Plaintiffs, vs. Leonard D. Booth and Martha Sims Booth, Defendants 1955-12-07
Judith Saks, Plaintiff, vs. Bertin C. Gamble, Founders Incorporated, Associates, Inc., and Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., Defendants 1955-12-13
Thomas J. Bata; Thomas J. Bata and David H. Graham, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Donald M. Hill; Donald M. Hill, Jr., et al., Defendants 1955-12-15
Elizabeth Donner Hanson, as Executrix and Trustee under the last Will of Dora Browning Donner, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware corporation, as Trustee, et al., Defendants 1955-12-28
Arie E. Haas, Plaintiff, vs. Leon V. Haas, General Motors Corporation, a corporation of the State of Delaware and Grace Haas, Defendants. Central Bank and Trust Company, a banking corporation of the State of Florida, Intervening Defendant 1955-12-29