ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY v. Lynch

MARVEL, Vice Chancellor:

Laird, Bissell and Meeds, Incorporated, a defendant to this action, has moved to dismiss the complaint herein as to it. 1 Such cause of action is based on an alleged act of negligence on the part of said defendant which occurred on or about January 12, 1960 when a share of Artesian Water Company due the individual plaintiff, a resident of Wilmington, was delivered to a man of the same name residing in North East, Maryland. The basis for the corporate defendant’s motion is that plaintiffs’ claim against such firm is barred either by the Delaware three year statute of…