Legal Opinion
Christacos v. Blackie's House of Beef, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 7, 1990No. 89-511PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
The primary question on this appeal is whether the principle that ownership of stock in a corporation is not ownership of an interest in the corporate assets may be applied so as to defeat the manifest intent of parties to an agreement. Specifically, we must decide whether, when appellant sold 100% of the stock — but not the assets — of a closely held corporation to a third party, he triggered a provision in a previous agreement to pay an additional $50,000 to the person (appellee) from whom, in the name of the corporation, appellant had purchased a restaurant. In…
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