Legal Opinion

Dickens v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 30, 1944No. Appeal, 23PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the decree of the court below discharging a rule to show cause why arbitration should not proceed in the manner provided in the agreement between the parties. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, an instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, created by the Act of May 21,1937, P. L. 774, entered into a contract dated June 22, 1939, with the plaintiff, Dickens, for the construction of a part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike situate in Somerset County. The work on this contract was completed on July 3,1940.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Britex Waste Co. v. Nathan Schwab & Sons, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Hague v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865

3Cited by12 opinions

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