Legal Opinion
Landau v. Best
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided December 13, 1962PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Southerland, Chief Justice:
This is a stockholder’s derivative suit on behalf of National Theatres and Television, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Plaintiffs below sought to compel the appearance of certain defendants by seizure of their property under the provisions of 10 Del.C. § 366, the so-called “sequestration statute”. By order of the court a sequestrator was appointed to seize “shares of stock * * * and debentures” of National Theatre owned by defendants. The sequestrator’s report showed that he had seized, among other property, certain debentures of National Theatres registered in the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bank of Jasper v. First Nat. Bank of RomeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Zander v. New York Security & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Weinress v. BlandCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1950
- Weinress v. BlandCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1950
- Reynolds v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
3Cited by4 opinions
- Jacobs v. TenneyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1970
- Baker v. GotzDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1975
- United States v. M. Jeanne StoneDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1973
- Landau v. BestSupreme Court of Delaware · 1962