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ELIASON v. ENGLEHART

No. 488, 1998.

733 A.2d 944 (1999)

Louise R. ELIASON, James T. Eliason, III, Barbara R. Eliason, Kathleen A. Gallo, Xavier Teixido, and Louise R. Eliason In Her Capacity As One of The Trustees of The James T. Eliasion, III, Trust, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. William P. ENGLEHART, Jr., Warren A. Beh, Jr., James E. Englehart, Frank L. Hewlett, Jr., Charles G. Shoemaker, Joseph H. Shoemaker, and Sarah E. Englehart, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 14, 1999.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Duncan Grant (argued), Tara L. Lattomus, and Andrea B. Unterberger, of Pepper Hamilton, LLP, Wilmington, for appellants.

Lewis H. Lazarus (argued), and Michael J. Maimone, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for appellees William P. Englehart, Jr., Warren A. Beh, Jr., James E. Englehart, Frank L. Hewlett, Jr., Charles G. Shoemaker and Joseph H. Shoemaker; and Peter S. Gordon, of Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, for appellee Sarah E. Englehart.

Before HOLLAND and BERGER, JJ., and DEL PESCO, Judge, sitting by designation pursuant to Art. IV, § 12 of the Delaware Constitution and Supreme Court Rules 2 and 4.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, we construe the statute governing irrevocable proxies. Specifically, we consider whether a proxy "states that it is irrevocable," as required by statute, where the only mention of the proxy being irrevocable is found in a notarized acknowledgment at the bottom of the document. Because the sole purpose of an acknowledgment is to validate the signature on the document, we hold that it cannot be used to satisfy substantive requirements of...

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