Legal Opinion

Essential Enterprises Corp. v. Dorsey Corp.

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided June 1, 1962PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Seitz, Chancellor:

By this action, plaintiff, Essential Enterprises Corporation, sought a declaratory judgment that a certain portion of an assumption of liability agreement (“transfer agreement”) was invalid and not binding on it. Next, it sought a judgment against the corporate defendant for liabilities illegally transferred to plaintiff and a determination that defendant corporation, Dorsey Corporation *346(“Dorsey”) be required to hold plaintiff harmless as to any liabilities caused by such transfer. Plaintiff also requested an accounting from the individual defendants for certain damages…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Blish v. Thompson Automatic Arms Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1948
  2. Mooney v. Willys-Overland Motors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
  3. National Bankers Life Insurance Company v. AdlerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
  4. Essential Enterprises Corp. v. Automatic Steel Products, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1960
  5. Hollander v. Breeze Corporations, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1941

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cannon v. US Acoustics CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975
  2. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. HoffaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1965
  3. In Re Oracle Securities LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1993
  4. Cambridge Fund, Inc. v. AbellaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
  5. Essential Enterprises Corp. v. Dorsey CorporationCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1962

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