HAAS v. HAAS


119 A.2d 358 (1955)

Arle E. HAAS, Plaintiff, v. Leon V. HAAS, General Motors Corporation, a corporation of the State of Delaware and Grace Haas, Defendants. Central Bank and Trust Company, a banking corporation of the State of Florida, Intervening Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

December 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Herlihy, Jr., and Herman Cohen, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Caleb S. Layton (of Richards, Layton & Finger), Wilmington, for defendant General Motors Corp.

James R. Morford (of Morford & Bennethum), Wilmington, for intervening defendant.

Leon V. Haas and Grace Haas failed to appear and default judgments were entered against them.


SEITZ, Chancellor.

On February 17, 1955, plaintiff instituted this action against her husband, Leon Haas ("Leon") and General Motors Corporation. Her complaint showed that until November 1949, certificates for 200 shares of General Motors Corporation stock were registered in the names of plaintiff and her husband as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common. In November 1949, at the request of...

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