Legal Opinion

Scully v. Automobile Finance Co.

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided February 20, 1920PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor.

This suit was brought by four stockholders of the Automobile Finance Company to have cancelled all the shares of common stock of the company, on the ground that they had been issued without consideration and illegally. A demurrer to the original bill was overruled, answers were filed thereafter, and later an amended bill was filed and answers thereto filed. Testimony was taken, and a final hearing has been had. In the opinion filed at the time of overruling the demurrer the facts were not adequately stated, and as new facts appeared later, the'important facts will now be here…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. John W. Cooney Co. v. Arlington Hotel Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1917
  2. John W. Cooney Co. v. Arlington Hotel Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1918
  3. Ellis v. Penn Beef Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1911
  4. Tooker v. National Sugar Refining Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1912
  5. Rosoff v. Gilbert Transp. Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1915

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Beard v. ElsterSupreme Court of Delaware · 1960
  2. Lewis v. VogelsteinCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1997
  3. Lofland v. CahallSupreme Court of Delaware · 1922
  4. Sohland v. BakerSupreme Court of Delaware · 1927
  5. Finch v. Warrior Cement Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1928

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