Legal Opinion
Conaway v. 20th Century Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 22, 1980No. 15PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
H. James Conaway, Jr., the receiver of First State Life Insurance Company of America, Inc. (Conaway) filed a complaint in assumpsit against 20th Century Corporation (Century). Conaway’s action sought to recover damages for failure to comply with an alleged oral contract between the parent corporation of First State Life and Century. According to the complaint, the contract concerned a promise by Century to purchase 500,000 shares of capital stock of First State Life for $250,000.
On November 6, 1974, Century filed preliminary objections to the complaint in the…
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