Legal Opinion
Esso Standard Oil Company v. Cunningham
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided June 2, 1955PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
114 A.2d 380 (1955)
ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff,
v.
John C. CUNNINGHAM, Jr., and Lydia Cunningham, his wife, Defendants.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.
June 2, 1955.
Thomas Herlihy, Jr., and Morris Cohen, Wilmington, for plaintiff.
C. Edward Duffy and J. Pearce Cann, Wilmington, for defendants.
MARVEL, Vice Chancellor.
Plaintiff seeks an order directing specific performance of a unilateral agreement made on August 8, 1940, by[1] defendant, John C. Cunningham, Jr., then a single man. Plaintiff contends that having exercised its rights under…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Willard v. TayloeSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Cities Service Oil Co. v. VieringIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
- Eastern States Petroleum Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1939
- Godwin v. CollinsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1868
- Matthes v. WierCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1912
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