Legal Opinion
Bata v. Hill
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided February 14, 1958PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Seitz, Chancellor:
Basically, this is a dispute over the ownership
of certain stock admittedly owned by Thomas Bata (“Thomas” or “testator”) at his death on July 12, 1932. While there are several plaintiffs and defendants, it is agreed that the real dispute is between the plaintiffs, Thomas J. Bata (“Tom”), only son of the deceased and the executors of the Estate of his mother, Mary T. Bata, (who died February 27, 1954) on the one hand, and the defendant, Jan Bata, half-brother of Thomas, on the other. Reference to “plaintiffs” will embrace Tom and the Estate while reference to “defendant” will…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Baltimore Steamship Co. v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Schuylkill Fuel Corp. v. B. & C. Nieberg Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- The Evergreens v. NunanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- de la Mata v. American Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1991
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