Legal Opinion

Dumont Television & Radio Corp. v. Franklin Electric Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 30, 1959No. Appeal, 90PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Bell,

Plaintiff filed a complaint in trespass claiming actual damages of $50,000 and punitive damages of $25,-000 with interest and costs, for tortious harm. The complaint alleged that plaintiff is a creditor of Lewis Dion — an individual who traded as Dee’s, Dee’s Radio, Dee’s Television, Dee’s Radio & Record Outlet, Dee’s Appliance Center, and Dee’s Radio & Record Stores — • in the amount of $94,640, and is also a judgment creditor of Lewis Dion, in an unstated amount “by reason of a judgment obtained by plaintiff on March 10, * 1958”; that Franklin Electric Co., by its…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Straton v. NewSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Stewart v. SonnebornSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  4. International Shoe Co. v. PinkusSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  5. Gardner v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. U.S. Express Lines, Ltd. v. HigginsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
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  3. U.S. Express Lines, Ltd. v. HigginsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
  4. T. C. R. Realty, Inc. v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Rosen v. American Bank of RollaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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