Jones v. Department of Health

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

This strikingly unusual case is before us for argument by direction of this Court. The plaintiff brought this action of mandamus to correct a birth certificate. An action to correct a birth certificate is normally perfectly routine and is brought in the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas in the county where the plaintiff or petitioner resides. The problem presented here is that the plaintiff is a non-resident of Pennsylvania.

Petitioner, according to the complaint, supported by the affidavit of his mother and a marriage certificate, was bom an…