McGee v. Feege

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The principal issues raised in this appeal are: (1) whether a seizure or deprivation of property is an essential element of the tort of abuse of process, and (2) if a seizure or deprivation of property is necessary, are the facts in this case sufficient to establish such a seizure or deprivation of the property of the appellant, Mary Jane McGee. The Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, in granting appellees’ Motion for Summary Judgment, held that, at the time the cause of action arose in this case, seizure of property was an indispensible element of…