Legal Opinion
Atlantic Seaboard Natural Gas Co. v. Whitten
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 9, 1934No. Appeal, 197PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Maxey,
On November 18, 1932, Mrs. Esther Ellen "Whitten, appellant, owned a tract of land in Oswayo Township, Potter County. She was a nonresident of Pennsylvania, her habitation being Honolulu. Mrs. Whitten received at the latter place a cable from the appellee, the Atlantic Seaboard Natural Gas Company, asking her for her “best cash price” for a gas lease on her Oswayo farm. On November 19th, she cabled that her price was $1,000. On the same day the gas company by cable accepted the offer. On December 1, 1932, Mrs. Whitten received the lease submitted by the gas company…
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