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CURTIS ESTATE (SALKE APPEAL)

437 Pa. 123 (1970)

Curtis Estate (Salke Appeal).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

February 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Comisky, with him Morris L. Weisberg, Louis D. Apothaker, Morris H. Goldman, and Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, and Blank, Rome, Klaus & Comisky, for appellant.

John B.H. Carter, with him Thomson F. Edwards, and Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, for trustees.

M. Paul Smith, with him Smith, Aker, Grossman & Hollinger, for contingent beneficiaries.

Edward L. Snitzer, with him Paul L. Jaffe, and Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe & Levin, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, February 2, 1970:

Long a landmark structure in Philadelphia, the Public Ledger Building has been since 1933 an asset of the Cyrus H.K. Curtis trust. Late in 1968 the trustees of that fund decided to explore the possibilities of selling the property. After various preliminary arrangements and negotiations with several parties, the trustees received, late in January of 1969, an offer of $8,050,000 from appellant in this case. Having fairly...

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