Kerr v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Petitioner, Carolyn M. Kerr, has filed a “petition for review in the nature of an action for mandamus” seeking judicial review of the rejection by the Corporation Bureau of the Pennsylvania Department of State of her application to register a fictitious name. She submitted her application, requesting to do busi*332ness under the fictitious name of Forty West Ltd., in accordance with the Fictitous Names Act,1 54 P.S. §28.1, which requires that prior to conducting any business in this Commonwealth under any fictitious names, an individual is required to file an application…