Addy v. Short
Superior Court of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
Southerland, C. J.:
The essential question presented is whether, after voluntary dissolution of a Delaware corporation and after the expira*159tian of the statutory three-year winding-up period, the corporation is yet sufficiently alive to retain title to that species of interest in land known as a possibility of reverter.
The facts are these:
The Bethany Beach Improvement Company (hereinafter called “the Improvement Company”) was incorporated under the laws of this State in November, 1900, to do a general real estate business. It subsequently acquired title to a tract of land in Baltimore Hundred,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Wax v. Riverview Cemetery Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1942
- Harned v. Beacon Hill Real Estate Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1912
- McBride v. MurphyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1924
- Harned v. Beacon Hill Real Estate Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1911
- Diamond State Iron Co. v. HusbandsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1898
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- United States v. Maryland State Licensed Beverage Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1956
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