Ambrose v. Laughlin

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Appellant, Frank Ambrose, filed his petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County for a writ of mandamus directed to Reynolds Laughlin, a justice of the peace of New Kensington, ordering him to issue a transcript and allow appeal from the judgment entered before him in the case of New Kensington Fibre Plaster Company against said Frank Ambrose. An alternative writ issued, to which the justice of the peace made return. The facts not being in dispute, a question of law was raised which was decided by the court in favor of the defendant, Laughlin. A peremptory…