Legal Opinion
Peyton v. William C. Peyton Corp.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided October 14, 1936PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
The sole purpose of this bill is to remove a cloud from the complainant’s title to the Peytondu Pont Securities Company’s stock. It does not seek a decree requiring the delivery of a new certificate to the complainant. Another bill, I believe, has been filed against that company seeking the registration of the complainant as a stockholder and the delivery to him of a certificate.
The bill seeks to free the complainant’s title to the stock from any adverse claim by either Mrs. Peyton or William C. Peyton Corporation, parties hereto.
The adverse claim which the complainant seeks to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Gray Co. v. Alemite Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1934
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