Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Musser Forests, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 25, 1958No. Appeal, 18PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

The Commonwealth seeks by this action in trespass to recover damages from the. defendant, Musser Forests, Inc., and the ■ several named individual defendants, some of whom are officers, and all of whom are stockholders of the defendant corporation. The defendants filed preliminary objections to the plaintiff’s amended complaint. . After argument thereon,, the court below sustained the objections and entered judgment for the defendants. The Commonwealth has appealed.

The gravamen of the complaint is that the defendants conspired among themselves to defraud the-…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. MisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. Commonwealth v. StrantzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Stockwell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1871

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. EilandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. BAKER v. RANGOSSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Yania v. BiganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Commonwealth v. EVANSSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Traylor v. GraftonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975

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