Campbell v. Shick

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

On August 30, 1963, Joseph Campbell filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County a petition against Cecelia A. Shick under the provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of June 18, 1923, P. L. 840, 12 P.S. 831 et seq., praying for the entry of a decree construing the legal effect of a deed of conveyance made to the respondent by petitioner’s *254deceased wife during her lifetime without his joinder. The court below determined that it had jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter, and that “a declaratory judgment is proper”.1 On March 20, 1964, an…