Legal Opinion

Universal Builders Supply, Inc. v. Shaler Highlands Corp.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 14, 1961No. Appeals, 185 and 227PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamn E. Jones,

The instant appeals, involving three Pennsylvania corporations, question the propriety of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which made absolute a rule to stay an execution on a judgment and, by the same order, disposed of a petition and rule to open judgment without affording an opportunity for answer or hearing.

On July 13, 1957, Shaler Highlands Corporation (Shaler), owning 37 acres of land in Shaler Township, Allegheny County, and desirous of developing the same, entered into an agreement with Universal Builders Supply, Inc.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cochrane v. SzpakowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  2. Sinking Fund Commissioners of Phila. v. Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Winter v. WelkerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Buffington v. BuffingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Dulles v. DullesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Lower Frederick Township v. ClemmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Archbishop v. KARLAKSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Zampetti v. CavanaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  4. International Organization Master, Mates & Pilots of America v. International Organization Masters, Mates & Pilots of America, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Jones Memorial Baptist Church v. BrackeenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965

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