Case Name: Cowan v. Mease
Court: York County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1975-02-10
Citations: 75 Pa. D. & C.2d 69
Docket Number: no. 191
Parties: Cowan v. Mease
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania District and County Reports
Volume: 75
Pages: 69–70

Head Matter:
Cowan v. Mease
Daniel W. Shoemaker and John W. Thompson, Jr., for plaintiffs.
Albert G. Barnes, Jr., for defendant.
February 10, 1975

Opinion:
ERB, J.,
This matter comes before the court on defendant's motion to be dropped as a party in an assumpsit action under Pa.R.C.P. 2232(b).
Defendant was named in plaintiffs complaint as James Mease, t/a, Keystone Auto Sales. Paragraph (3) of plaintiffs complaint alleges:
"(3)—That the Defendant is James Mease who is an adult individual trading as and doing business as Keystone Auto Sales at 450 North George Street, York, York County, Pennsylvania."
Judgment was taken by plaintiff when defendant failed to file an answer. Thirty-four days later, de fendant filed his motion to be dropped as a party on the basis that another individual was the principal trading as Keystone Auto Sales, and that defendant was merely an employe or an agent.
Defendant in this case has taken a novel position. He has asked to be dropped as a party-defendant where he is the only party-defendant. While there are appropriate procedures which may be followed in the instant situation where the wrong party is sued, Pa.R.C.P. 2232(b), which deals with the dropping of a party misjoined, is obviously not one of them.
Accordingly, we enter this
ORDER
And now, February 10, 1975, defendant's motion to be dropped as a party is hereby denied.