Legal Opinion

Dorris v. Lloyd (No. 1)

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 24, 1953No. 1; Appeal, 263Published

1Opinion of the Court

375 Pa. 474 (1953)

Dorris, Appellant,

v.

Lloyd (No. 1).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued September 30, 1953.

November 24, 1953.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

James Lenahan Brown, with him Joseph V. Kasper, for appellant.

R. Lawrence Coughlin, County Solicitor, with him Donald S. Mills, Assistant County Solicitor, for appellees.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, November 24, 1953:

The court below correctly decided that plaintiff had no legal standing to institute these proceedings.

The action is one of mandamus. Plaintiff, Dr. John L. Dorris,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. MathuesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Snyder v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
  3. Stegmaier v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  4. Dorris v. Lloyd (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  5. State ex rel. Hawes v. BrewerWashington Supreme Court · 1905

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