Petluck v. McGolrick Realty Co.

The plaintiff Alice S. Petluck, as president of the Mother’s Welfare League, a charitable organization, was considering the purchase of property as a summer camp for needy children. When the McGolrick Realty Company learned of this, it communicated with Mrs. Petluck and sought to interest her in a plot at its development which it considered “ excellently suited ” for this purpose. Without waiting for the completion of the work of clearing the development of trees and rocks and providing roads, all of which undisputably required the use of large quantities of dynamite, the McGolrick Realty…