Legal Opinion
Hob Tea Room, Inc. v. Miller
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 26, 1952PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tunnell, Justice,
delivering the opinion of the court:
On the fifth day of October, 1945, Mary M. Miller, the plaintiff, sold to Henry P. Burrows, Jr., one of the defendants, all of the capital stock of a Delaware corporation, Hob Tea Room, Inc. (hereinafter called “Hob”), the other defendant. The terms of the transaction were set out in a formal written instrument duly executed by plaintiff, by defendant Burrows, and by an escrow agent who is not involved in this litigation.
The general body of the contract caused no difficulty, but problems of some complexity have been raised as to this one…
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