Comstock v. Great Lakes Distributing Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Generally where one corporation sells or otherwise transfers all of its assets to another corporation, the latter is not liable for the debts and liabilities of the transferor, ... ”
• “Generally where one corporation sells or otherwise transfers all of its assets to another corporation, the latter is not liable for the debts and liabilities of the transferor, except: (1) where the purchaser expressly or impliedly agrees to assume such debts; (2

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Turner v. Bituminous Casualty Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1976-08-26· cited 264×
• Stanley Knapp, Jr. v. North American Rockwell Corporation v. Mrs. Smith's Pie Company, Third-Party-Defendant
  Third Circuit· 1974-12-27· cited 115×
• Brown v. Kleen Kut Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1986-02-21· cited 32×
• Stratton v. Garvey International, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1984-02-02· cited 30×
• Arthur Elevator Co. v. Grove
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-12-17· cited 23×
• DeLapp v. Xtraman, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-12-23· cited 22×
• Schmid v. Roehm GmbH
  D. Kansas· 1982-07-21· cited 17×
• Gillespie v. Seymour
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1994-06-17· cited 16×
• Kansas Commission on Civil Rights v. Service Envelope Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-03-26· cited 14×
• Inter-Americas Ins. Corp., Inc. v. Xycor Systems, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 1991-02-25· cited 13×
• Wight v. Agristor Leasing
  D. Kansas· 1987-01-06· cited 12×
• V.C. Video, Inc. v. National Video, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 1990-11-29· cited 7×
• Advocate Financial Group, LLC v. 5434 North Winthrop, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-09-22· cited 7×
• Wells Fargo Vendor Fin. Servs., LLC v. Nationwide Learning, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2018-08-17· cited 6×
• Crane Construction Co. v. Klaus Masonry, LLC
  D. Kansas· 2000-07-06· cited 3×
• Moore v. Pyrotechn Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-12-10· cited 1×
• Equity Asset Corp. v. B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
  D. Kansas· 2005-09-29
• NCR Corp. v. Raytheon Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2026-05-01

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• City of Altoona v. Richardson Gas & Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1910-02-12· cited 30×
• Jackson v. Knights & Ladies of the Orient
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1917-10-06· cited 10×
• Jackson v. Knights & Ladies of the Orient
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1917-07-07· cited 9×
• Crozier v. Menzies Shoe Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1918-10-12· cited 7×
• Ledbetter v. Sunflower State Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1915-11-06· cited 6×
• Mank v. Southern Kansas Stage Lines Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1936-04-11· cited 5×