Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 9/28/2016

Grimm, R. v. Grimm, A.

Citations

149 A.3d 77
2016 Pa. Super. 217
2016 Pa. Super. LEXIS 553
2016 WL 5408071

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holding that the mandatory language of Pa.R.Civ.P. 2355 required substitution for a deceased defendant to re-establish trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction
holding that the mandatory language of Pa.R.Civ.P. 2355 required substitution for a deceased defendant to re-establish trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction
noting that “a party cannot waive an issue relating to the trial court’s lack of subject matter jurisdiction”
stating that this Court “may sua sponte raise the issue as subject matter jurisdiction cannot be waived.”
noting that “a party cannot waive an issue relating to the trial court’s lack of subject matter jurisdiction”
relating that “[a] dead man cannot be a party to an action, and any such attempted proceeding is completely void and of no effect”

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Judges: Musmanno, Olson, Stabile

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