Crumley v. Crescent Coal Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1900, by Crescent Coal Company, from judgment- of C. P. Luzerne Co., March T., 1899, No. 349, on certiorari to alderman Donohue of Wilkes-Barre. Per Curiam. Certiorari to ail alderman.
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Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1900, by Crescent Coal Company, from judgment- of C. P. Luzerne Co., March T., 1899, No. 349, on certiorari to alderman Donohue of Wilkes-Barre. Per Curiam. Certiorari to ail alderman. It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff brought suit before Alderman Donohue, in Wilkes-Barre, against the Crescent Coal Company, defendant, and Enos Thomas, Thomas Thomas and Reese Morgan to recover a balance of $9.00 which plaintiff claimed as wages due him by the said company. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff and before execution a certiorari was entered from the court…
1Opinion of the Court
Per, Curiam,
The question for our decision is, not whether the court of common pleas may, on certiorari to bring up the record of a justice of the péace, receive depositions to show that the cause of action was not within the jurisdiction of the justice, or to establish fraud, corruption or partiality on the part of the justice, but whether an appeal lies to this court for the review of its decision upon the facts. This question must be answered in the negative. The 22d section of the Act of March 20, 1810, 5 Sm. L. 161, expressly provides that *‘the judgment of the court of common pleas shall…
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