LANCE v. LUZERNE COUNTY MFGRS. ASSN.


366 Pa. 398 (1951)

Lance, Appellant, v. Luzerne County Manufacturers Association.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 2, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fairfax Leary, Jr., with him Earl G. Harrison, Arlin M. Adams, Johnson & Pope and Schnader, Harrisson, Segal & Lewis, for appellants.

Andrew Hourigan, Jr., with him Charles L. Casper, James P. Harris, John C. Phillips, Mose H. Salsburg, White, Rowlands, Aston & Hourigan, Fahey & Casper, Charles H. Miner, Jr., Ben R. Jones, Jr. and Bedford, Waller, Jones & Darling, for appellees.

Before DREW, C.J., JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, January 2, 1951:

The question here involved is whether testifying as an expert witness to matters requiring a knowledge of engineering constitutes the practice of engineering within the meaning of the Act of May 6, 1927, P.L. 820, 63 PS § 131 et seq.

The plaintiffs sued the defendants and others in an action at law to recover fees alleged to be due them for services as expert witnesses and as consultants in a water rate proceeding...

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