Nomination Certificate of Robb
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari Nos. 9 and 10, May T.^ 1899, on petition of Patrick Foley et al., in C. P. Dauphin Co., in the matter of the nomination certificate of John S. Robb, Sr., for judge of‘the court of common pleas No. 8, of Allegheny county. Nomination certificate of John S. Robb, Sr.
1Opinion of the Court
Per, Curiam,
The nomination certificate in this case was filed, under the act of June 10, 1893, as amended by that of July 9, 1897, known as the Baker Ballot Law. The jurisdiction of the judges of the court of common pleas of Dauphin county on the exceptions to the form and validity of the certificates filed with the secretary of the commonwealth is, by the act, exclusive and final, and no appeal to this Court lies from their decrees. This is conceded by counsel for the candidate. But, viewing the proceedings before us as upon certiorari, a writ which removes the record of the lower court into…
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