HUGHES v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.


185 A.2d 886 (1962)

Howard R. HUGHES, One of the Defendants Below, Appellant, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

As Amended October 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Tunnell, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for appellant.

Aaron Finger, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, and Dudley B. Tenney, of Cahill, Gordon, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, for appellee.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and TERRY, JJ., sitting.


SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA), brought suit in the court below against Hughes Tool Company and Howard R. Hughes. The complaint sought, inter alia, an accounting for damages. Hughes is a non-resident of Delaware. To compel his appearance, an order of sequestration was entered seizing shares of stock of Hughes in Hughes Tool Company, a Delaware corporation...

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