Legal Opinion
North v. Higbee Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1936No. 25868PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The Higbee Realty Company was organized in 1919 by The Higbee Company which was doing a large mercantile business throughout northern Ohio. Its purpose in organizing the subsidiary was to sever itself from its realty holdings and to confine itself to the mercantile business.
Plaintiff relies for recovery upon the doctrine of disregarding the separate entities of the parent and subsidiary corporation and of holding the parent liable for the obligations of the subsidiary upon the theory that the latter was controlled by stock ownership in the former. It is not disputed that the stock ownership…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gledhill v. Fisher & Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1935
- Richmond & I. Const. Co. v. Richmond, N., I. & B. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- People Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1928
- Elenkrieg v. . SiebrechtNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Crumlish v. Railroad Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Fisser v. International BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
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