Ross v. Shawmut Development Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellants brought this action in equity as a class action to compel either specific performance of alleged options to purchase lots which they leased from appellee or renewal of their respective leases. Preliminary objections were filed challenging both the propriety of the class action and the sufficiency of the complaint to plead a cause of action. The trial court concluded that the class action was improper as to one of appellants’ two alternate claims and that the individual plaintiffs had failed to state a sufficient claim for relief on either basis.…
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Buchanan v. Brentwood Federal Savings & Loan Assoc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Weeks v. Bareco Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- GOLDMAN v. McShainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Field v. Golden Triangle Broadcasting, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Gold Strike Stamp Company, a Utah Corporation v. A. Sherman Christensen, District Judge, B. Delos Gardner, Real Parties in InterestCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
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- Vinci v. American Can Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1984
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