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Tallarico v. Autenreith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 24, 1941
22 A.2d 700 (Pa. 1941)

Opinion

September 29, 1941.

November 24, 1941.

Appeals — Interlocutory — Order refusing to quash writ of scire facias to join party defendant — Executrix of deceased defendant.

An order refusing to quash a writ of scire facias issued by the living defendants in an action to bring upon the record as a party defendant the executrix of the estate of a decedent who was an original defendant, is interlocutory and an appeal therefrom must be quashed.

Argued September 29, 1941.

Before SCHAFFER, C. J.; MAXEY, DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON and PARKER, JJ.

Appeal, No. 124, March T., 1941, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1941, No. 2954, in case of Domenico Tallarico v. Paul Autenreith et al. Appeal quashed.

Trespass for personal injuries.

Rule to show cause why writ of scire facias obtained by defendants to bring in executrix of deceased defendant should not be quashed discharged, opinion by PATTERSON, J. Executrix of estate of deceased defendant appealed.

John M. Reed, for appellant.

Robert D. Dalzell, of Dalzell, McFall Pringle, with him Richard K. Sharpless, Harry Alan Sherman and E. W. Langfitt, for appellees.


The court below refused to quash a writ of scire facias issued by the living defendants to bring upon the record as a party defendant Edna B. Kerr, executrix of the Estate of C. H. Kerr, deceased, who was an original defendant. From this action the executrix appeals. The appeal is interlocutory and, therefore, must be quashed: Steach v. Hippensteele, 315 Pa. 420, 172 A. 715; Magaro v. Metropolitan Edison Co.,. 315 Pa. 369, 172 A. 865.

Appeal quashed.


Summaries of

Tallarico v. Autenreith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 24, 1941
22 A.2d 700 (Pa. 1941)
Case details for

Tallarico v. Autenreith

Case Details

Full title:Tallarico v. Autenreith et al. (Kerr, Exrx., Appellant)

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 24, 1941

Citations

22 A.2d 700 (Pa. 1941)
22 A.2d 700

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