Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bellanca Corporation v. Bellanca

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided March 7, 1961No. 10, 1960Published

1DissentBramhall, Justice

I cannot agree with my associates that the judgment for plaintiff should be affirmed. I would set aside the verdict and enter judgment for defendant.

The majority have held that the agreement for the sale of the total assets of the airplane business of the corporation was made with the full knowledge that the purchaser had been supplied by plaintiff and that plaintiff expected to be paid for his services in so doing. They have also held that, because of such knowledge on the part of defendant, defendant, by implication, has promised to compensate plaintiff for his services.

I do not here…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. James F. Monaghan Inc. v. M. Lowenstein & Sons Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  2. Atlantic Refining Co. v. Ingalls & Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1936
  3. Commercial Lumber Co. v. Ukiah Lumber MillsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
  4. Whitewater Telephone Co. v. CorySupreme Court of Kansas · 1925
  5. Hudson v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1953

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