Legal Opinion · Dissent

Rivoli Theatre Co. v. Allison

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 30, 1959No. Appeal, 100Published

1Dissent

*347Dissenting Opinion by

Mb. Justice Musmanno:

In the year 1927, during that era when a motion picture theatre assured profits to its owners almost as certainly as a live oil well does today, three men in Blair County formed a corporation for the purpose of entering into the theatre business. Two of the men supplied the capital, the third man, Raymond R. Allison, (the defendant in this case), was to manage and operate the Rivoli Theatre in Portage which the corporation first rented and then purchased outrightly. The stock was divided equally between the three men. The moneyed men were George C.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Balliet v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
  2. O'neill, Trustee v. FinneseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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