Commonwealth ex rel. Fertig v. Patton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common. Pleas of Crawford county : Of October and November Term 1878, No. 332. ■ This was an application by the Commonwealth ex relatione Samuel S. Eertig, and others, for a writ of mandamus, to compel the commissioners of Crawford county to provide suitable buildings for the holding of courts in the city of Titusville, in accordance with the Act of April 18th 1878, Pamph.
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Error to the Court of Common. Pleas of Crawford county : Of October and November Term 1878, No. 332. ■ This was an application by the Commonwealth ex relatione Samuel S. Eertig, and others, for a writ of mandamus, to compel the commissioners of Crawford county to provide suitable buildings for the holding of courts in the city of Titusville, in accordance with the Act of April 18th 1878, Pamph. L. 29. The material portions of the act and the proceedings in the court below will be found sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court. The case was heard and determined by Church, P. J., the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
*259The plaintiffs filed their petition in the court below praying for a writ of mandamus to compel the commissioners of Crawford county to provide suitable buildings for the courts of said county, in the city of Titusville. The relators set forth, in said petition, that they are citizens and taxpayers of Crawford county, resident inhabitants of the city of Titusville, and suitors in the Court of Common Pleas of said county; that by the Act of Assembly of 18th of April 1828 (Pamph. L. 29), it was provided, inter alia, “ that in all counties of this Commonwealth where there is a population of more…
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