Esposita v. Peden

COFFROTH, P.J.,

Plaintiff has filed a complaint for specific performance of an alleged written contract for the sale of land between plaintiff and defendant, executor of Erma J. Ross, deceased. Decedent was a resident of Westmoreland County, Pa., at death, and defendant was appointed executor by the Westmoreland County Orphans’ Court Division. The land is situated here in Somerset County.

The case is before us on defendant’s preliminary objections to the complaint, as follows:(1) This court lacks jurisdiction, which is exclusively in the Westmoreland County Orphans’ Court Division;(2) A…