BOKAT v. GETTY OIL COMPANY


262 A.2d 246 (1970)

Ida BOKAT, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. GETTY OIL COMPANY and J. Paul Getty, Defendants Below, Appellees. Ida BOKAT, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. GETTY OIL COMPANY and J. Paul Getty, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

January 15, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel R. Russell, Wilmington, for appellant.

William S. Potter, Charles S. Crompton, Jr., of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Henry M. Canby, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, and C. Lansing Hays, Jr., of Hecht, Hadfield, Hays, Landsman & Head, New York City, for appellees.

WOLCOTT, C. J., CAREY, J., and CHRISTIE, Judge, sitting.


WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.

These are two actions, consolidated for argument, brought derivatively by a stockholder of Tidewater Oil Company to recover money damages for Tidewater Oil Company from Getty Oil. The appeals are from the grant of summary judgment in both actions for the defendants.

The first action was started on December 29, 1961 and the second on February 6, 1964. Named as party defendants in both actions...

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