Legal Opinion
Mather Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 21, 1963No. Appeal, 108PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
The Executors of the Estate of Gilbert Mather took this appeal from a decree which entered judgment on *363the pleadings and ordered specific performance of a written stock option agreement. The Executors claim the agreement was invalid as an unreasonable restraint on alienation, because the optional purchase price was fixed at $1 per share, which was only a small fraction of the stock’s actual value.
In order to decide this question a review of the relevant facts is necessary.
Prior to 1926 Mather & Co. was a partnership consisting of Charles E. Mather, his two…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Barrows v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Palmer v. ChamberlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Waldman v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- London v. KingsleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Buchanan v. Brentwood Federal Savings & Loan Assoc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Phaff v. GernerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Lower Frederick Township v. ClemmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Huegel v. Mifflin Construction Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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