Butler v. Charles Powers Estate

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

Appellants, William H. Pritchard and Craig L. Pritchard, heirs to the estate of Charles Powers, appeal from the order entered in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas, sustaining the preliminary objections of Appellees, John E. Butler and Mary Josephine Butler, and dismissing Appellants’ request for declaratory judgment. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. Appellees are the owners in fee simple of two-hundred and forty-four (244) acres of land in Apolacon…