DeCOATSWORTH v. JONES


536 Pa. 414 (1994)

639 A.2d 792

Charles DeCOATSWORTH, Appellee, v. Louis E. JONES, Appellant. Louis E. JONES, Appellee, v. Alan D. ALPER, F. Russell Curtiss, III, Frankford Abstract Company, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company. Appeal of Alan D. ALPER.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 28, 1994.

Reargument Denied May 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan K. Marshall, Philadelphia, for L.E. Jones.

Alan D. Alper, pro se.

Rania M. Major, Philadelphia, for Alper.

Charles DeCoatsworth, pro se.

Before NIX, C.J. and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKAS, CAPPY, and MONTEMURO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The ultimate issue in this appeal is whether in the sale of real property owned by the entireties, in which an estranged husband and wife separately convey their respective interests to a third party, the wife must be joined as an indispensable party in the husband's suit for fraud against the third party.

The residence of Louis Jones was listed for sheriff's sale on December 5, 1983. Jones had not paid...

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