City of Philadelphia v. Franklin Smelting & Refining Co.

LIPEZ, Judge:

Defendant Franklin Smelting and Refining Company has filed two appeals, which have been consolidated here, from orders denying Franklin Smelting’s preliminary objections to complaints by plaintiff City of Philadelphia and plaintiff Bridesburg Civic Council. These orders are interlocutory and nonappealable, and the appeal must therefore be quashed.

In its “statement of jurisdiction,” Pa.R.A.P. 2114, Franklin Smelting relies on Rule of Appellate Procedure 341, which deals only with final orders. An order dismissing a defendant’s preliminary objections, however, is clearly…