Stewart v. Bechtel

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This is an action of mandamus brought against the prothonotary of the court of common pleas of Montgomery County for an order requiring him to accept the plaintiff’s praecipe for a writ of summons in a certain suit and to issue the writ and enter plaintiff’s appearance as ¿ttorney in that suit. The defendant prothonotary filed preliminary objections, among them, (1) that mandamus is not the proper action; (2) that the complaint shows that plaintiff has not complied with the Act of May 8, 1909, P. L. 475, as amended by the Act of July 11, 1923, P. L. 1069, 17 PS…