SHEEHAN v. HEPBURN


138 A.2d 810 (1958)

John J. SHEEHAN, Plaintiff, v. William J. HEPBURN, Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

February 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. O'Hora and David B. Coxe, Jr., Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Harold Leshem, Wilmington, for defendant.


MARVEL, Vice Chancellor.

In August 1956, plaintiff and defendant became acquainted through the offices of a mutual friend, Daniel A. Mealey, the funeral director. Thereupon the present litigants entered into discussions looking towards the possibility of working together in defendant's business of selling caskets. Plaintiff, while employed at the time in an executive sales position for a producer of steel products, was looking for an opening in another business with...

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