Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jett

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 23, 1974No. Appeal, No. 534PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This appeal arises from the appellants’ convictions for fraudulent conversion. The appeal raises a novel question concerning the location of title in the property allegedly converted, a Lowry organ. The appellants urge that the lower court erred when it determined that, under the terms of the installment sales contract, title to the property remained in the seller until appellant-buyers paid the balance of the installments due under the contract.

The appellants purchased the organ from the complainant, Menchey Music Service of Hanover, Pennsylvania, on December 24,1970.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. OverheimSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Commonwealth v. BartelloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. YocumSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Underwood v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
  5. Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank v. Warren Lepley Ford, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1957

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Toyota Industrial Trucks U. S. A., Inc. v. Citizens National Bank of Evans City v. Promat CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. CowardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Household Finance Corp. v. McFarland, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1987

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