Modern Baking Co. v. Orringer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Oct. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Washington Co., No. 2675, in Equity, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Modern Baking Co. v. Albert Orringer et al. Bill in equity to declare a trust. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Bill dismissed without prejudice. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, among others, was decree.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
In the spring of 1919, a lot and building thereon, at Donora in Washington County, equipped as a bakery, was for sale by a trustee in bankruptcy. With a view of engaging in that business one Samuel Greenwald and the defendant, Albert Orringer, on March 22d, submitted an offer of $25,000 for the property, on which they made a deposit of $5,000, with the cashier of the First National Bank of Donora, each advancing one-half thereof. The offer was rejected and the property exposed to public sale on the 15th of the following April, when it was sold to Greenwald and…
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