Legal Opinion

Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. O'CONNOR

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1980No. 161PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Appellee, escheator of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, filed a petition in escheat in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against appellant, the Sperry and Hutchinson Company, a New Jersey corporation authorized to do business in Pennsylvania. Appellant is in the business of supplying Pennsylvania retail merchants with trading stamps commonly known as “S & H Green Stamps.” Consumers receive the S & H Green Stamps from participating retail merchants and collect the stamps in booklets which are presented to various redemption centers of appellant in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Texas v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Studio Theaters, Inc. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  4. Strank v. Mercy Hospital of JohnstownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. State v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1959

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FieldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Beltrami Enterprises, Inc. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Commonwealth v. PerezCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. Martino v. Transport Workers Union Local 234Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Smith v. Crowder Jr. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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