CRAVEN v. FIFTH WARD REPUBLICAN CLUB


146 A.2d 400 (1958)

Joseph Donald CRAVEN, Attorney General of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. FIFTH WARD REPUBLICAN CLUB, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

November 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Alton Tybout, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Henry A. Wise, Jr. of Wise & Suddard, Wilmington, for defendant.


SEITZ, Chancellor.

Plaintiff, Attorney General, brought this action pursuant to 8 Del.C. § 283 to revoke and forfeit the charter of the defendant, Fifth Ward Republican Club, Inc., because of its misuse and abuse of the corporate powers, privileges and franchises granted by such charter. Plaintiff apparently also seeks to enjoin defendant's officers from operating the Club on the ground that they are creating a public nuisance.

Plaintiff applied for a...

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