Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/3/1965

Central Contracting Co. v. C. E. Youngdahl & Co.

Citations

418 Pa. 122
209 A.2d 810
1965 Pa. LEXIS 567

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holding that, when the Commonwealth or an agency thereof routinely enters into commercial or commercial-like ventures, an exception exists to the general rule that funds linked to individuals in the possession of a governmental body are not subject to attachment
holding, that a court must only look at the reasonableness of the forum selection clause when determining whether to enforce the terms of the - 12 - J-A05001-21 clause
explaining that forum-selection clauses should be enforced as a matter of public policy “when the parties have freely agreed that litigation shall be conducted in another forum and where such agreement is not unreasonable at the time of litigation”
remanding to lower court to decide whether it should decline to exercise jurisdiction in support of parties’ agreement selecting New York as forum
Supreme Court of forum state, Pennsylvania, held contract's forum selection clause enforceable unless enforcement would \seriously impair plaintiff's ability to pursue his cause of action\
dispute relating to a contract between a painting company and a joint venture acting as the general contractor for construction project

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Judges: Bell, Brien, Cohen, Eagen, Jones, Musmanno, Roberts

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