BROWN et ux. v. PHILLIPS CO.


365 Pa. 155 (1950)

Brown et ux. v. T.W. Phillips Gas and Oil Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 26, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Brown, with him John L. Wilson, Rolland L. Ehrman and Donald J. Dennison, for appellant.

Marvin D. Power, Francis J. Mottey and Margiotti & Casey, for appellees, submitted a brief.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES and BELL, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, June 26, 1950:

This appeal raises two questions with respect to the lower court's exercise of its discretion (1) in permitting the plaintiffs, over the defendant's objection, to discontinue the action and (2) in refusing the defendant's motion for judgment in its favor after the court had sustained preliminary objections to the plaintiffs' complaint. The facts giving rise to these questions reveal an unusual course of procedure.

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