Legal Opinion

Lewis v. King

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County

Decided October 23, 1978No. 262 of 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

WOLFE, P.J.,

Defendant has demurred and filed a motion for more specific pleading on the cause of action declared by plaintiff in assumpsit. The demurrer is directed to a writing between the parties which defendant claims is against public policy, is criminal and tortious and *33unenforceable as a breach of promise to marry pursuant to the Act of June 22,1935, P.L. 450, sec. 1 et seq., 48 P.S. §171.

In considering a demurrer we are compelled to accept as true all well pleaded facts and the fair inferences therefrom, but not conclusions of law or unjustified inferences. The question to be decided…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Schacter v. AlbertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Gardner v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  3. Robert F. Felte, Inc. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. S. J. Groves & Sons Company v. Ohio Turnpike CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
  5. Ritmanich v. Jonnel Enterprises, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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