Opinion

United States Cold Storage Corp. v. Philadelphia

  • 427 Pa. 624
  • 235 A.2d 422
  • 1967 Pa. LEXIS 529
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Nov 14, 1967
Status
Published
Author
Bell
On the bench
Bell, Brien, Consideration, Eagen, Jones, Musmanno, Robeets, Roberts, Took
Cited by
11 cases

Philadelphia and several other defendants could be sued in Dauphin County because General State Authority was a defendant and could only be sued there

How later courts described this case

  • Philadelphia and several other defendants could be sued in Dauphin County because General State Authority was a defendant and could only be sued there

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Dissenting Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Bell:

I dissent, and would affirm the Order of the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia because the General State Authority Act is directly in point and prevails over a Rule of Civil Procedure.

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