Commonwealth v. Atlantic Refining Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 49, April T., 1916, by plaintiff, from judgment of County Court of Allegheny Co., at No. 116, 1915, reversing judgment of magistrate in case of Commonwealth to use of City of Pittsburgh v. Atlantic Refining Company. Appeal from judgment of County Court of Allegheny County. The case turned upon the jurisdiction of the Superior Court to hear the appeal. Error assigned was the judgment reversing judgment of magistrate.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
This is an appeal from the judgment of the County *552Court of Allegheny County. The action was begun January 19, 1915, before a magistrate of the City of Pittsburgh to recover the penalty provided by the Act of June 28, 1879, P. L. 179, for selling liquid merchandise (oil) in barrels before the same had been gauged and marked by the city gauger. Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff on January 25, 1915, for fourteen dollars, that being one dollar for each barrel of oil sold. On January 30, -1915, a petition was presénted by the defendant to the County Court for…
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