Legal Opinion

Keystone State Theatre Co. v. Widmyer

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 1951No. Appeal, 274PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

In order that partition of several tracts of land may be made in a single proceeding it is necessary that they all be owned in common by the same persons, even though the interest of each cotenant may not be the same in each parcel; in other words, there can be no partition of several tracts of land in the one action unless each of the parties thereto has some interest in each and every of the parcels. Because of this rule, the court below properly sustained defendants’ preliminary objections to plaintiffs amended bill in equity and dismissed it without…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Harlan v. LanghamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
  2. Swan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  3. Volkwein v. VolkweinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Small's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Shober Farms, Inc. v. MerrillSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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