PENNSYLVANIA COAL CO. v. LUZERNE CO.


390 Pa. 143 (1957)

Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Luzerne County, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Brislin, Assistant County Solicitor, with him John E. Morris, Jr., County Solicitor, and Philip V. Mattes, Associate Counsel, for appellant.

James P. Harris, Jr., with him James P. Harris, J. Frank Connolly, Morris Gelb and Warren, Hill, Henkelman & McMenamin, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD, JONES and COHEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, September 30, 1957:

This appeal, which was taken under the Act of March 5, 1925, P.L. 23, 12 PS § 672, to obtain review of the lower court's assumption of jurisdiction of the subject matter, must be quashed as having been taken out of time.

The Act of 1925, supra, expressly ordains that "The appeal here provided for must be taken and perfected within fifteen days from the date when the decision is

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