Hinkson v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This is an appeal by defendant from the judgment on a verdict in favor of plaintiff in an action of assumpsit by Bessie Ward Hinkson against The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Motions for a new trial and for judgment non obstante veredicto were overruled. This appeal followed.

In 1930, Bessie Ward Hinkson, the plaintiff in the court below, built a new store property in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. This was done pursuant to certain negotiations between the plaintiff and The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, the defendant below and appellant…