Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Kohn

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

In two of these three cases consolidated for argument, the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Court over the cause of action asserted is in issue; one by way of appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, which concluded that this Court has original exclusive jurisdiction over that action in equity brought against the chairman, general manager and treasurer of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) ;1 the second by way of preliminary objections to a declaratory judgment action brought in this Court by SEPTA,…