Legal Opinion
Henderson v. Plymouth Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 2, 1928PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pennewill, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the majority of the court:
In the course of this opinion, we shall treat Steams as the promoters, for he was merely their representative, and shall treat the conveyance of the promoters’ property to the Big Lake Company as a conveyance to the Plymouth Company, which was at all times the real company in the minds of the promoters.
The case of the complainants is based very largely upon the following proposition of fact and law:
“The promoter defendants were acting as agents of the Plymouth Oil Company in the acquisition of their properties and are not…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. LewisohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Henderson v. Plymouth Oil Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1925
- Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. LewisohnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906
- Henderson v. Plymouth Oil Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1926
3Cited by20 opinions
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- New York Trust Co. v. RileySupreme Court of Delaware · 1940
- Alexander v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
- Nye Odorless Incinerator Corp. v. FeltonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1931
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