PHILADELPHIA v. ESTATE OF DENNIS


161 Pa.Commw. 69 (1993)

636 A.2d 240

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Mary DENNIS, by her Administrator, Terry DENNIS, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Ostrow, Asst. City Sol., for appellant.

Michael A. Seidman, for appellee.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, and DOYLE, COLINS, PALLADINO, MCGINLEY, SMITH and KELLEY, JJ.


DOYLE, Judge.

The City of Philadelphia appeals by permission an interlocutory order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which overruled the City's preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer to the complaint in trespass filed by Terry Dennis (Dennis), the administrator of the estate of Mary Dennis (decedent).

The case began on December 16, 1989, when the Philadelphia Police received various calls reporting that an individual, the decedent...

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