Legal Opinion

Gracelawn Memorial Park, Inc. v. Eastern Memorial Consultants, Inc.

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided July 12, 1971PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARVEL, Vice Chancellor:

Plaintiff, which owns and operates a private cemetery in this county, seeks a declaratory judgment holding that the defendants Eastern Memorial Consultants, Inc. and Robert T. Nuckolls, Eastern’s president and sole stockholder, are contractually bound to perform services for plaintiff in connection with the sale of the latter’s cemetery lots, mausoleums, grave markers and the like, over and above those undertakings contracted for in a May 1, 1967 written agreement setting forth the parties’ mutual rights and obligations in regards to plaintiff’s hiring of the corporate…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Colvocoresses v. W. S. Wasserman Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1942
  2. Hessler, Inc. v. EllisCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1961
  3. Hessler, Inc. v. EllisCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1961
  4. Arcturus Radio Tube Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1935

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Collins v. BurkeSupreme Court of Delaware · 1980
  2. G. R. Sponaugle & Sons, Inc. v. McKnight Construction Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1973
  3. Midland Food Services, LLC v. Castle Hill Holdings V, LLCCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1999
  4. Burris v. Wilmington Trust CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1972
  5. Gracelawn Memorial Park, Inc. v. Eastern Memorial Consultants, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1972

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