Moorehead v. Northumberland County Retirement Board

Per Curiam,

Petitioner, Evelyn K. Moorehead, brings this proceeding under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of June 18, 1923, P. L. 840, 12 PS §831, as amended, to have determined the amount due her from the Northumberland County Retirement Board as the result of the death of her husband, who, in his lifetime, had been a county employe. The board answered, admitted the pleaded facts, and agreed the questions involved should be presented for a declaratory judgment and decree of this court.

It is well settled that jurisdiction cannot be conferred by the mere agreement of the parties: Valley…