Chalupiak v. Stahlman

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

Was the business relationship between the defendant, H. C. Stahlman and plaintiff, Paul Chalupiak of such a nature and character which required of defendant the duty of loyalty, fidelity and fair dealing and which precluded defendant from acquiring and enforcing an adverse title to real estate against plaintiff? The court below ruled that defendant owed no such duty and dismissed the bill. This appeal followed.

The commissioners of Beaver County purchased at the county treasurer’s tax sale a tract of land assessed as “land of James Moore Heirs”. There was…