Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. v. Duvic

SMITH, Justice:

This case involves proceedings by dissenting stockholders of Chicken Chef Systems, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, against Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation, under the Mississippi Business Corporation Act [Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated sections 5309-01 through 5309-317 (Supp.1971)], following the merger of Chicken Chef with Cal-Maine, the latter having become through the merger the “surviving corporation” within the meaning of the code chapter.

The suit was brought in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County in the name of Maurice V.…