Lance v. Luzerne County Manufacturers Ass'n

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

The question here involved is whether testifying as an expert witness to matters requiring a knowledge of engineering constitutes the practice of engineering within the meaning of the Act of May 6, 1927, P.L. 820, 63 PS § 131 et seq.

The plaintiffs sued the defendants and others in an action at law to recover fees alleged to be due them for services as expert witnesses and as consultants in a water rate proceeding before the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission. On the defendants’ motion attacking the plaintiffs’ statement of claim as insufficient, the court below…