Stollar v. Continental Can Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

In these actions of assumpsit, the plaintiffs, female employees of the defendant-corporation, seek additional compensation allegedly due for work performed in the course of their employment. The court of common pleas sustained preliminary objections to the complaints in the nature of a demurrer and entered judgments for the defendant. On appeal, the Superior Court affirmed. We granted allocatur.

For the purpose of this decision, all well pleaded, facts in the complaints must be accepted as true; Wilkes-Barre Township School District v. Corgan, 403 Pa. 383, 170 A. 2d…