Legal Opinion

Eshleman v. Keenan

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided July 7, 1937PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor:

In the former opinion, after the duty of Keenan, Brewer and Marvin to account was declared, the following language was used:

“At the outset of this opinion reasons were stated why the defense of ratification would not be allowed in bar of the bill. Whether ratification and therefore approval by a majority of the stockholders, while not sufficient to bar a remedy to the minority, may nevertheless be shown for the purpose of confining the relief of the decree to the dissentients only, is a question which the proposed supplement to the answer did not present. If the company was…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cantor v. SachsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1932
  2. Brown v. DeYoungIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Matthews v. Headley Chocolate Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1917
  4. Baillie v. Columbia Gold Mining Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Voorhees v. MasonIllinois Supreme Court · 1910

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Keenan v. EshlemanSupreme Court of Delaware · 1938
  2. Kroese v. General Steel Castings CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
  3. Central Ry. Signal Co. v. LongdenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
  4. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,807 in Re the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company Securities and Antitrust Litigation, Appeal of Objector Irving Trust Company, as TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
  5. Meyerson v. El Paso Natural Gas CompanyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1967

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