Cook v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Petitioners1 have filed a petition for review in the nature of a complaint in equity (hereinafter referred to as the complaint) pursuant to this Court’s original jurisdiction as found in Section 761(a) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C. S. §761(a). The action seeks to prevent the Respondents2 from closing Locust Mountain State Hospital, a state general care hospital operated by the Commonwealth since 1923. Respondents have filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and a petition raising a question of jurisdiction.

An order of this Court entered June 9, 1981…