HUTCHINSON v. FISH ENGINEERING CORPORATION


189 A.2d 664 (1963)

Arthur J. L. HUTCHINSON, Plaintiff, v. The FISH ENGINEERING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Doe One, Doe Two, Doe Three, Doe Four, Doe Five, and Doe Six, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

February 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert L. Cobin, of Coxe, Booker, Walls & Cobin, Wilmington, and Leonard J. Meyberg of Los Angeles for plaintiff.

Arthur G. Connolly and Januar D. Bove, Jr., of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, for defendant, The Fish Engineering Corporation.

John VanBrunt, Jr., of Killoran & VanBrunt, Wilmington, for defendant, Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation.


SEITZ, Chancellor.

Plaintiff's claims are that the managing officers of defendant Fish Company took advantage of a confidential relationship purportedly existing between themselves and plaintiff and in effect defrauded him in an effort to obtain for Fish Company title to some six patents which allegedly belong to him. The relief primarily sought is rescission and a declaration that title is in plaintiff or, in the alternative, recovery of the reasonable value of each...

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