Consedine v. Consedine

On the ground, primarily, of a want of subject matter jurisdiction, Joyce P. Consedine, widow of John W. Consedine and administratrix of his estate, appeals from an order of a Superior Court judge to pay to Mary Agnes Consedine, the decedent’s mother, the sum of $30,000 plus interest.1 We affirm.

The precise details of John Consedine’s death, which occurred in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in 1980, are murky but not essential to decision. We do know that his estate filed a *66wrongful death action against a Swiss Chalet motel where John Consedine had been drinking prior to a fatal accident that…