Murphy & Slota v. Burke

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

The appellants, L. Francis Murphy and Robert E. Slota, are attorneys and members of the Bar of Montgomery County. They brought an action in equity against the Norristown, Pennsylvania law firm of Haws & Burke, a professional corporation, and against Thomas J. Burke, James S. Kilpatrick, Jr. and Ralph L. Hose, the three lawyers practicing in that firm. In their complaint plaintiffs recited that “for some period up until June of 1971, [they] were associated with the individual defendants in the practice of law” and that “plaintiffs are entitled to the possession of…