Leonard v. Thornburgh

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Governor Eichard L. Thornburgh and Secretary of Eevenue James Scheiner have filed preliminary objections to the petition for review of Kathleen Leonard. We sustain the preliminary .objection which would remove Governor Thornburgh as a party to this action. The remaining preliminary objections are overruled.

The facts are recited extensively in Leonard v. Thornburgh, 75 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 553, 463 A.2d 77 (1983), and will not be repeated here.

The Common-wealth contends first, by way of demurrer, that as a matter of law Governor Thornburgh and Secretary…