Legal Opinion
Sornberger v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 4, 1989No. 388, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRITY, Judge.
In this matter, we shall focus upon the operation and effect of the Maryland appraisal statute which allows an owner of stock in a corporation, which consolidates or merges with another corporation, to receive payment based upon the fair value of the company rather than accept the offering price for its shares. This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City (Kaplan, J.) which granted the appellee’s motions to dismiss several of the appellants’ claims regarding dissenters’ rights of the corporate merger of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with Chesapeake…
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