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ALEXANDER v. PETTY

108 A.2d 575 (1954)

Robert L. ALEXANDER, Maxwell L. Grossman, George Freedman, Helen M. Bertram and Joseph Raskin, Plaintiffs, v. Dennis H. PETTY, Gene M. Briggs, Jack M. Highley, John W. Scott, Charles Sturm and Capitol Hill Oil Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants. Maxwell L. GROSSMAN, Helen M. Bertram, Joseph Raskin, Leo Lippman and Robert L. Alexander, Plaintiffs, v. Dennis H. PETTY, Gene M. Briggs, Jack M. Highley, John W. Scott, Charles Sturm and Sooner State Oil Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants. Joseph RASKIN, Robert L. Alexander, Leo Lippman and George Freedman, Plaintiffs, v. Jay D. PETTY, Dennis H. Petty, Gene M. Briggs, Jack M. Highley, John W. Scott and Central Oklahoma Oil Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

November 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Coulson of Morris, Steel, Nichols & Arsht, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

William E. Taylor, Jr., Wilmington, for defendants.

SEITZ, Chancellor.

This is the decision on the motion of plaintiffs to dismiss defendants' counterclaim. While there are three cases and several plaintiffs and defendants, it is agreed that the problem presented is common to all and it will be so treated by the court.

The original complaints charge in substance that the individual defendants as officers and directors of defendant corporations conspired to and did in fact dominate and control defendant corporations...

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