Case Name: Bankes Estate
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1968-07-01
Citations: 431 Pa. 283
Docket Number: Appeals, Nos. 176 and 263
Parties: Bankes Estate.
Judges: Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 431
Pages: 283–284

Head Matter:
Bankes Estate.
Argued April 17, 1968.
Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Carolyn R. Just, with her Lee A. Jackson, Crombie J. D. Garrett, Mitchell Rogovin, Assistant Attorney General, and Bernard J. Brown, United States Attor ney, of tbe Washington, D. C. Bar, for United States of America, appellant.
Hervey B. Smith, with him Smith, Eves and Keller, for appellee.
July 1, 1968:

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam,
The record establishes that the United States of America was not a party in the declaratory judgment proceeding in the court below, and it did not intervene or consent to be sued.
Under all these facts and circumstances, it has no standing to take this appeal.
Appeal quashed, without prejudice to any rights the United States may have.
Each party to pay own costs.