Legal Opinion

Addy v. Short

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided May 29, 1952No. 2; No. 11PublishedCited by 21 opinions

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

  1. Wax v. Riverview Cemetery Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1942
  2. Harned v. Beacon Hill Real Estate Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1912
  3. McBride v. MurphyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1924
  4. Harned v. Beacon Hill Real Estate Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1911
  5. Diamond State Iron Co. v. HusbandsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1898

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. City Investing Co. Liquidating Trust v. Continental Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1993
  2. Melrose Distillers, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Addy v. ShortSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
  4. Ross v. Venezuelan-American Independent Oil Pro. Ass'n, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1964
  5. United States v. Maryland State Licensed Beverage Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1956

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