Case Name: Wayne GEFTMAN, Barry Geftman and Walter Jeffries, As Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Norman Geftman v. The Honorable Joseph H. STANZIANI, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. PETITION OF Wayne GEFTMAN, Barry Geftman and Walter Jeffries; AMERICAN SANITARY SALES CO., INC. v. Wayne GEFTMAN and Walter Jeffries, as Executor Under the Will of Norman Geftman, Deceased. PETITION OF Wayne GEFTMAN and Walter Jeffries
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-02-04
Citations: 492 Pa. 439
Docket Number: Petition No. 655 E.D. Misc. Dkt. 1980; Petition No. 654 E.D. Misc. Dkt. 1980
Parties: Wayne GEFTMAN, Barry Geftman and Walter Jeffries, As Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Norman Geftman v. The Honorable Joseph H. STANZIANI, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. PETITION OF Wayne GEFTMAN, Barry Geftman and Walter Jeffries. AMERICAN SANITARY SALES CO., INC. v. Wayne GEFTMAN and Walter Jeffries, as Executor Under the Will of Norman Geftman, Deceased. PETITION OF Wayne GEFTMAN and Walter Jeffries.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 492
Pages: 439–453

Head Matter:
424 A.2d 1271
Wayne GEFTMAN, Barry Geftman and Walter Jeffries, As Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Norman Geftman v. The Honorable Joseph H. STANZIANI, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. PETITION OF Wayne GEFTMAN, Barry Geftman and Walter Jeffries. AMERICAN SANITARY SALES CO., INC. v. Wayne GEFTMAN and Walter Jeffries, as Executor Under the Will of Norman Geftman, Deceased. PETITION OF Wayne GEFTMAN and Walter Jeffries.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Oct. 23, 1980.
Decided Feb. 4, 1981.
Theodore W. Flowers, Richard M. Jordan, Lawrence T. Bowman, Philadelphia, for petitioner.
Alan C. Kauffman, Edward Mannino, Howland W. Abramson, Philadelphia, for Stanziani.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Further argument in the above matter is fixed for the Pittsburgh Session, Tuesday, March 3, 1981, at 10:00 a. m. The parties are requested to brief and argue whether principles of comity and equity require the courts of Pennsylvania to refrain from exercising jurisdiction.
KAUFFMAN, J., did not participate in the consideration of this matter.
NIX, J., files a dissenting opinion, in which FLAHERTY, J., joins.