MATSON v. PARKING SERVICE CORP.


242 Pa.Super. 125 (1976)

363 A.2d 1192

Marjorie H. MATSON and Sylvia S. Sales, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. PARKING SERVICE CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania Corporation, et al., Appellants, (three cases), and the City of Pittsburgh, a Municipal Corporation; and the Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh, a Municipal Corporation. Appeal of JOSEPH HORNE COMPANY. Appeal of GIMBEL BROTHERS, INC.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. McDonough, David McNeil Olds, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, for appellant at No. 330.

John G. Frazer, Jr., David L. Feigenbaum, Pittsburgh, for appellant at No. 337.

Louis Caplan, David S. Watson, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, for appellant at No. 341.

Richard H Martin, Pittsburgh, for appellant at No. 347.

Michael P. Malakoff, Berger & Kapetan, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE and VAN der VOORT, JJ.


JACOBS, Judge:

This is an appeal from a decree entered below which denied appellants-defendants' motion for summary judgment and which, sua sponte, entered summary judgment on behalf of plaintiffs-appellees. We hold that summary judgment was prematurely entered in this case and we therefore reverse.

The instant controversy arises from a class action in equity instituted by the plaintiffs-appellees Marjorie H. Matson and Sylvia S. Sales, individually and on...

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