Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. O'CONNOR

Appellee, Charles E. O’Connor, escheator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, sought to escheat the value of about Three Million ($3,000,000.00) Dollars of unredeemed trading stamps issued through retail outlets in Pennsylvania before and during 1962 by appellant, Sperry and Hutchinson Co. (S & H), a New Jersey corporation. After the Petition in Escheat was filed in the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia, S & H Co. filed preliminary objections purportedly raising questions of jurisdiction. The Court of Common Pleas dismissed the preliminary objections and an interlocutory appeal was…