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                                    FORM 8-K
  
  
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, DC   20549
  
  
  
                                 CURRENT REPORT
  
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):   January 6, 1997
  
  
                      CANTERBURY CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
    Pennsylvania                    0-1558                23-2170505
  (State or other                 (Commission            (IRS Employer
  jurisdiction                    File Number)         Identification No.)
  of incorporation)
  
  
  
                               1600 Medford Plaza
                            Route 70 & Hartford Road
                           Medford, New Jersey 08055
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
                 Registrant's telephone number:  (609) 953-0044
  
  
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                                   FORM 8-K
  
  
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
            On January 6, 1997, the Registrant filed an Order To Show
  Cause, Verified Complaint and Affidavit of Stanton M. Pikus,
  President of Canterbury Corporate Services, Inc.  against The Chase
  Manhattan Bank in the Superior Court of New Jersey under Docket No.
  BUL-L-00042-97 for breach of the Term Loan and Revolving Loan
  Agreements.  Among other allegations contained in the Complaint,
  Canterbury is suing Chase for Chase's failure to consent to
  Canterbury's sale on November 30, 1996 of it's Landscape
  Maintenance Services, Inc. subsidiary.  Canterbury claims that
  Chase granted its consent, or in the alternative should have
  granted its consent because it should not have been unreasonably
  withheld.  Because of the potential damages Chase's failure to
  consent will cause Canterbury, Canterbury is withholding all
  financial payments to Chase on the Term Loan and Revolving Loan
  totaling approximately 6.3 million dollars.  Chase in turn has
  notified Canterbury that it believes that Canterbury is in default
  for not making these payments and has accelerated the obligations.
  
           
                                  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                                CANTERBURY CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
  
  
                                BY:  /s/STANTON M. PIKUS
                                     ------------------------------
                                     STANTON M. PIKUS, President
  
  Dated:  January 14, 1997
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text: FORM 8-K
  
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, DC   20549
  
                                 CURRENT REPORT
  
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):   January 6, 1997
  
                      CANTERBURY CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
    Pennsylvania                    0-1558                23-2170505
  (State or other                 (Commission            (IRS Employer
  jurisdiction                    File Number)         Identification No.)
  of incorporation)
  
                               1600 Medford Plaza
                            Route 70 & Hartford Road
                           Medford, New Jersey 08055
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
                 Registrant's telephone number:  (609) 953-0044
  FORM 8-K
  
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
            On January 6, 1997, the Registrant filed an Order To Show
  Cause, Verified Complaint and Affidavit of Stanton M. Pikus,
  President of Canterbury Corporate Services, Inc.  against The Chase
  Manhattan Bank in the Superior Court of New Jersey under Docket No.
  BUL-L-00042-97 for breach of the Term Loan and Revolving Loan
  Agreements.  Among other allegations contained in the Complaint,
  Canterbury is suing Chase for Chase's failure to consent to
  Canterbury's sale on November 30, 1996 of it's Landscape
  Maintenance Services, Inc. subsidiary.  Canterbury claims that
  Chase granted its consent, or in the alternative should have
  granted its consent because it should not have been unreasonably
  withheld.  Because of the potential damages Chase's failure to
  consent will cause Canterbury, Canterbury is withholding all
  financial payments to Chase on the Term Loan and Revolving Loan
  totaling approximately 6.3 million dollars.  Chase in turn has
  notified Canterbury that it believes that Canterbury is in default
  for not making these payments and has accelerated the obligations.
  
           
                                  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                CANTERBURY CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
  
                                BY:  /s/STANTON M. PIKUS
                                     ------------------------------
                                     STANTON M. PIKUS, President
  
  Dated:  January 14, 1997