Legal Opinion
Root v. York Corp.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided November 17, 1944PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harrington Chancellor:
York Ice Machinery Corporation merged with York Corporation on June 9th, 1942. The surviving corporation seeks to compel the stockholders of York Ice Machinery Corporation, who objected to the mer*205ger, to assign and transfer to it their stock certificates upon the payment of its appraised value as of that date. The objecting stockholders seek to have the petition dismissed.
Before the 1948 amendment to Section 61 of the General Corporation Law, it provided a method whereby a stockholder, objecting to a corporate merger, had the right to demand from the surviving…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chicago Corp. v. MundsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1934
- Wright v. ScottonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1923
- Electrical Research Products, Inc. v. Vitaphone Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1934
- Schenck v. Salt Dome Oil Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1943
- Dooley v. Pennsylvania R.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1918
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Southern Production Co. v. SabathSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
- Equitable Trust Co. v. Delaware Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1947
- Langfelder v. Universal Laboratories, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1946
- Root v. York Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1946
- Anagnost v. Hammond Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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