Keystone Insurance v. Morello

SCIRICA, J.,

— Plaintiff, Keystone Insurance Company, filed a complaint in equity requesting that defendants, John W. Morello and Angeline Morello, his wife, return the sum of $15,000 to it averring that the payment was made by mistake. At the hearing, the court questioned the jurisdiction of equity since this was a claim for money damages. The parties agreed that in the event equity did not have jurisdiction, that the court should hear the matter on the law side as a judge without a jury.

The court is of the opinion that this action properly lies in law. Accordingly, the court will rule on…