Trost v. Clover

Opinion by

Price, J.,

Appellant, William J. Trost, Sr., has brought this appeal from the entry of judgment on the pleadings in favor of all original defendants and in favor of additional defendants John Brecht, Sr., and John Brecht, Jr. The sole issue to be decided is whether the lower court properly entered judgment on the pleadings based on its finding that the statute of limitations barred the action.

To determine whether a judgment on the pleadings was appropriately entered, we must treat the motion as we would a preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer. Evans v. Marks, 421 Pa. 146,…