Legal Opinion
Dunn v. Wilson & Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 25, 1943No. 1115PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, District Judge.
In this case I make the following findings of fact:
1. This suit is brought in the name of Tirzah P. Dunn as plaintiff. She is a resident of St. Louis, Missouri.
2. Wilson & Co., Inc., defendant, is a Delaware corporation.
3. Prior to February 23, 1935, the effective date of the amendment to defendant’s Certificate of Incorporation, which is now in question, defendant had outstanding three classes of stock, i. e., 7% Cumulative Preferred, Class A, and Common Stock.
4. The former 7% Preferred Stock was entitled to receive dividends, when and as declared by the board of…
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