Opinion ID: 1443395
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The claim for water and repair bills.

Text: Finally, as to the claim for excess water bills and repair costs, we need not determine whether it involved an independent cause of action or was incidental to the action for rent. In either case, judgment on the pleadings was improper. If independent, the Statute of Frauds had no application; and if ancillary to the rent action, the same pleading of use and occupancy placed it outside the statute. The order of the Superior Court is vacated, the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas is reversed, and the case is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. The former Mr. Chief Justice BELL and Mr. Chief Justice JONES took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. The former Mr. Justice BARBIERI took no part in the decision of this case.