Legal Opinion

Jones v. Taylor

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided October 30, 1975PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Vice Chancellor.

Defendants have moved for summary judgment in this action brought derivatively by the plaintiff, Dorothy Taylor Jones, for the benefit of Taylor Auto Supply, Inc. (“Taylor Auto”). In essence, the complaint alleges that in 1972 the individual defendants, J. Baker Taylor, Jr. and F. Martin Taylor, the brother and cousin of the plaintiff, caused Taylor Auto to convey certain of its assets to the defendant Mar-bak, Inc. for a grossly inadequate consideration. Marbak is owned and controlled by the individual defendants, who are also the sole officers and directors of Taylor…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Sinclair Oil Corporation v. LevienSupreme Court of Delaware · 1971
  2. Rosenthal v. Burry Biscuit Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1948
  3. Harff v. KerkorianCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1974
  4. Braasch v. GoldschmidtCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1964
  5. Maclary v. Pleasant Hills, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1954

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Schoon v. SmithSupreme Court of Delaware · 2008
  2. 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
  3. Conrad v. BlankCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 2007
  4. Roadside Stations, Inc. v. 7HBF, LTD.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Pogostin v. LeightonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1987

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