Anagnost v. Hammond Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This is an appeal from the order of the trial court granting defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint for discovery.
Appellants’ contentions on appeal may be summarized as follows:(1) The right of plaintiffs as objecting shareholders to maintain a complaint for discovery against the survivor corporation of two merged Delaware corporations to determine the value of their shares of stock;(2) The jurisdiction over plaintiffs in a prior Delaware statutory proceeding for valuation of the shares of objecting shareholders; and(3) The jurisdiction over plaintiffs in a prior class action…
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- Root v. York Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1944
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