Commonwealth ex rel. Snyder v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1875, No. 122. The proceeding in this case was a mandamus.
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Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1875, No. 122. The proceeding in this case was a mandamus. On the 21st of September 1874, N. Snyder & Co. petitioned the court, setting forth that the water committee of the city of Pittsburg invited sealed proposals for furnishing certain water-pipes upon specifications, terms, &c., stated; that the petitioners submitted proposals for furnishing the pipes in accordance with the specifications, terms, &c., at a price which was $5000 less than any other offer; that they were responsible persons, &c.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The order quashing the writ of error was entered in the Supreme Court,
2Per curiam
We are of opinion that this writ of error was prematurely taken. The 27th section of the fifth article of the New Constitution does not execute itself so as to be independent of the legislation necessary to regulate the practice under it. It vests the right in the parties, by agreement in civil cases, to dis*59pense with trial by jury and submit the decision of the case to the court having jurisdiction to hear and determine it, subject to a writ of error as in other cases. But when and how shall the court hear and decide the…
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