Williams v. ROSE

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bok,

This is an appeal by the Dyson Corporation, defendant, from an order of the court below dismissing its preliminary objections to jurisdiction.

The merits of the case are not before us, but to give it a shape they concern the purchase of The Hubbard Company stock for $4,543,000 from two sisters, one now incompetent. The book value of this company’s current assets, as alleged in the complaint, was about $8,500,000 and the market value of the stock “greatly in excess of $7,000,000”. Fraud and deception are alleged. In addition to the complaint,' answer, and…