Opinion
Argued November 16, 1978.
Decided November 17, 1978.
Appeals Nos. 17 and 18 January Term, 1978, from Decree of Orphans' Court Division of Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia at No. 253 of 1943; Charles Klein, Judge.
Philip A. Bregy, Cuthbert H. Latta, Drinker, Biddle Reath, Philadelphia, for appellant at No. 17 and appellee at No. 18.
William White, Martin A. Heckscher, Virginia K. Scott, Duane, Morris Heckscher, Philadelphia, for appellant at No. 18 and appellee at No. 17.
John J. Lombard, Jr., Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell Hippel, Minturn T. Wright, III, Saul Levit, H. Ober Hess, Edmund L. Harvey, Jr., Ballard, Spahr, Andrews Ingersoll, Benjamin R. Jones, John R. Latourette, Jr., William H. Henrich, Jr., Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy Kauffman, Philadelphia, for appellees at Nos. 17 and 18.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.
OPINION
The motion to dismiss the appeals is granted. Each party pay own costs.
LARSEN, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
ROBERTS and MANDERINO, JJ., dissent and would reverse the decree of the court below and dismiss the Petition for Declaratory Judgment.
I dissent; the appellants' appeal should not be dismissed. Appellees are clearly not entitled to a Declaratory Judgment because any such judgment would be advisory. Advisory opinions are not within the purview of the Declaratory Judgment Act; hence, the lower court would have no jurisdiction to act.