Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bell Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 2, 1959No. Appeals, 55, 56 and 57Published

1Dissent

*621Dissenting Opinion by

Mb. Justice McBbide:

This decision, in one fell swoop, reverses a whole course of procedure which is fully justified by law, has been approved by this Court and followed by the Superior Court since its creation. Between 1895 and 1919 the Superior Court reviewed a host of cases on narrow certiorari. Between 1919 and the present time that court reviewed the same types of cases on broad certiorari. Now this Court holds they never should have done it at all.

The Act of August 10, 1951, P. L. 1189, 53 P.S. §23537, et seq., provides that in any city of the second class no…

2Cases cited106 opinions

  1. Kaufman Construction Co. v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  2. Grime v. Department of Public InstructionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Spankard's Liquor License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Delaware County National Bank v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Chase v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862

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