Chase v. Blackstone Distributing Co.

This civil action seeks a determination of the ownership of eight shares of no par value common stock. It was heard by a justice of the Superior Court. There was an extended trial. The trial justice found for the defendants and judgment' was entered denying and dismissing the complaint. The plaintiff appealed.

The record before us reveals the initiation of a business which can be described as a marvel of the mass merchandising industry, the breakup of a marriage and a distressing intimate view of inter-personal relationships between members of the Chase family.

Martin and Helen Chase were the…