COTTRELL v. PAWCATUCK CO.

Civ. A. No. 465.

106 A.2d 709 (1954)

COTTRELL v. PAWCATUCK CO. et al.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Logan (of Logan, Marvel & Boggs), Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Henry M. Canby (of Richards, Layton & Finger), Wilmington, and Frank Chapman (of Robinson, Robinson & Cole), Hartford, Conn., for defendants Pawcatuck Co., Donald C. Cottrell, Ridley Watts, Arthur M. Cottrell, Jr., and Charles P. Cottrell, Jr.

Richard F. Corroon (of Berl, Potter & Anderson), Wilmington, for defendant Harris-Seybold Co.


SEITZ, Chancellor.

Plaintiff seeks a preliminary injunction to restrain the defendant, The Pawcatuck Company, from holding a stockholders' meeting called for the purpose of obtaining stockholder approval to a plan of liquidation, and/or from distributing its assets pending a determination of the merits of her complaint.

In her complaint filed December 4, 1953, plaintiff sought to enjoin the corporate defendant, C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company (called "Old...

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