HALL v. JOHN S. ISAACS & SONS FARMS


146 A.2d 602 (1958)

Dorothy I. HALL (sometimes known as Dorothy M. Hall), William Nelson Hall, and Sarah E. Isaacs and Earle L. Isaacs, Jr., administrators of the Estate of Earle L. Isaacs, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. JOHN S. ISAACS & SONS FARMS, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, John S. Isaacs & Sons, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, John S. Isaacs & Sons Cold Storage, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, John S. Isaacs & Sons Realty, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Harry H. Isaacs and J. Howard Isaacs, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

On Motions for Reargument December 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund N. Carpenter, II, Wilmington, for plaintiffs, Dorothy I. Hall and William Nelson Hall.

John Van Brunt, Jr., Wilmington, for plaintiffs, Sarah E. Isaacs and Earle L. Isaacs, Jr., administrators of the estate of Earle L. Isaacs.

Samuel R. Russell, Wilmington, for defendants, Harry H. Isaacs and J. Howard Isaacs, and the corporate defendants.


MARVEL, Vice Chancellor.

This action was precipitated by a family dispute concerning the management and operating results of what is essentially a large agricultural project carried on for the main part on lands situate in eastern Sussex County in the vicinity of Ellendale. The project in question is carried on through the instrumentality of the four corporate defendants, stock in each of which is held in equal amounts by each of the four children of John S. Isaacs...

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