Legal Opinion
West v. Sirian Lamp Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided May 29, 1944PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harrington, Chancellor:
This is a class bill filed by preferred stockholders on behalf of Sirian Lamp Company, one of the defendants, seeking to have this court cancel the whole of the no par common stock issue of that corporation, consisting of 300,000 shares.
The bill alleges:(1) That the Sirian Lamp Company was organized in May of 1922 under the name of Universal Lamp and Wire Company. Article IV of its original certificate of incorporation provided:
“The total authorized capital stock of this corporation is Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.) divided into five thousand (5000) shares of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Marriott v. BruneSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Finch v. Warrior Cement Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1928
- Livingston v. StorySupreme Court of the United States · 1835
- Electrical Research Products, Inc. v. Vitaphone Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1934
- Trounstine v. Remington Rand, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1937
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Equity Corp. v. GrovesCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1947
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- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan CorporationDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1946
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