Eberhardt v. Christiana Window Glass Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Bill by Stockholders Against Liquidating Directors for an account. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor :
The seven complainants were formerly stockholders of The Christiana Window Glass Coimp any, and assert that though nominally they had assigned their shares to the company, they were still equitably entitled to the rights of stockholders to participate in a distribution of the assets of the company in liquidation. In 1886 the company was formed by seventeen practical glass- workers, including the complainants, each having subscribed and paid for an equal amount of the capital stock and until 1908 the company carried on the business of making and selling window glass, in effect…
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