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In Re Pioneer Drilling Company

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided April 1, 1957PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

130 A.2d 559 (1957)

Matter of PIONEER DRILLING COMPANY, Inc.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

April 1, 1957.

William H. Bennethum (of Morford & Bennethum), Wilmington, for petitioner.

Hugh M. Morris, Alexander L. Nichols, Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, Jr. (of Morris, Steel, Nichols & Arsht), Wilmington, Houston G. Williams and W. J. Wehrli, Casper, Wyo., for Pioneer Drilling Co., Inc.

SEITZ, Chancellor.

This is a petition by Ruth C. Tschudin, ("petitioner") individually and as an executrix of her husband's estate, seeking a summary order under 8 Del.C. § 224, for the holding of a stockholders'…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows Inc. v. RinglingCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1947
  2. Commonwealth v. VandegriftSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  3. In re the Election of Directors of P. F. Keogh, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Berlin v. Emerald PartnersSupreme Court of Delaware · 1989
  2. Vanadium Corp. of America v. Susquehanna CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1962
  3. Berlin v. Emerald PartnersSupreme Court of Delaware · 1989

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