Erie Indemnity Co. v. Greene

Royal, J.,

This case comes before us on defendant’s answer raising questions of law, in effect a demurrer, (section 5, Act of May 22, 1935, P. L. 228, 12 PS §851), to plaintiff’s petition for a declaratory judgment under the provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of June 18, 1923, P. L. 840, 12 PS §831, et seq., and its amendments and supplements.

The petition for the declaratory judgment filed by the Erie Indemnity Company, as attorney-in-fact for subscribers of Erie Insurance Exchange, recites an automobile accident near Steelton in this county on August 19, 1956, in which an…