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WHITE OAK BORO. AUTH. v. McKEESPORT

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov 8, 1954
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Equity — Jurisdiction — Construction of agreement — Adequate legal remedy — Declaratory judgment — Sewage disposal system — Joint control — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of 1923, P. L. 840 — Act of May 1, 1933, P. L. 103.

In a suit in equity seeking clarification of rights under a written contract relating to a sewage disposal system, it was Held that (1) there was an adequate remedy at law in the form of a declaratory judgment and (2) the agreement did not create any right of joint control of the sewage disposal system.

OPINION PER CURIAM, November 8, 1954:

The order entered by the court below sustaining defendant's preliminary objections and dismissing the Bill of Complaint is affirmed on the opinion of the learned President Judge McNAUGHER.