Legal Opinion
Bata v. Central-Penn National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1972No. Appeals, Nos. 491 and 135PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bobeets,
We have consolidated for consideration appellant Jan T. Bata’s appeal from a February 3, 1970, decree of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court (No. 491 January Term, 1970) and appellant’s appeal from a supplementary decree of that same common pleas court entered October 5, 1971 (No. 135 January Term, 1972).
These appeals represent the latest chapter in a twenty-five year dispute over control of the worldwide network of Bata enterprises. This dispute was purportedly terminated by a settlement agreement in 1962, but since 1963 the courts of this Commonwealth have been…
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