LUITWEILER v. Northchester Corp.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County sustaining preliminary objections to the appellants’ complaint in equity.

The complaint, which has been brought as a class action, avers that the appellants are tenants of the appellee in a large apartment complex; that the appellants’ water is heated by bottled propane gas, which can be purchased from the appellee-landlord for $10 per 100 pound tank, or from an independent supplier for $8 per 100 pound tank; and that the appellee raises the rent of any tenant purchasing gas from someone…