West v. Peoples First National Bank & Trust Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

Plaintiff, C. A. West, is engaged in the real estate business and more particularly in the development of large tracts of unimproved land into residential and commercial lots and the sale of the lots so laid out. Defendant, Peoples First National Bank & Trust Company, is the trustee for certain persons known as the “McKelvey heirs” of a tract of 142 acres of land lying east of the Borough of Wilkinsburg in Allegheny County, this land being generally referred to as the “McKelvey tract.” Following numerous conferences between plaintiff and defendant’s…