DeFrancesco v. Western Pennsylvania Water Co.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

These consolidated cases are appeals of the orders of the Superior Court, vacating judgments entered in favor of *376appellants1 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.2

The facts of the underlying dispute are simple: Fire broke out on the property at which appellants Joseph G. DeFrancesco and Frank Crea operated a business. Before the fire could be controlled, it spread to the adjacent business property of appellants Joseph F. and Bernice Loy. Structures on both properties were consumed by flames.

Appellants brought suit in trespass and assumpsit against…