Legal Opinion
Hessler, Inc. v. Ellis
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided February 10, 1961PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
167 A.2d 848 (1961)
HESSLER, INC., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff,
v.
Abraham M. ELLIS, Herman M. Ellis, Martin B. Ellis, Sidney H. Ellis, copartners, trading as A. M. Ellis Theatres Co., Defendant.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.
February 10, 1961.
Albert W. James and Arthur J. Sullivan, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for plaintiff.
Aubrey B. Lank, of Theisen & Lank, Wilmington, for defendant.
SEITZ, Chancellor.
Plaintiff, Hessler, Inc. ("plaintiff") filed a complaint seeking to reform certain instruments or, in the alternative, to have them rescinded…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Colvocoresses v. W. S. Wasserman Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1942
- Hegarty v. American Commonwealths Power Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1932
- Eastern States Petroleum Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1946
- William Whitman Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1954
- Hessler, Inc. v. EllisCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1961
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Hunt v. DelColloCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1974
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