Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Brownell

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 28, 1908No. Appeal, No. 22PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal, No. 22, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., April T., 1907, No. Ill, for support in case of Commonwealth v. Brownell. Certiorari to justice of the peace in desertion proceedings. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order directing the defendant to pay to his wife $12.00 per month.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

Among the papers sent up with the record in return to the certiorari there appears what purports to be a transcript of the proceedings in this case before the magistrate, duly certified by him on March 2, 1907, and indorsed, “Filed March 4, ’07.” It is true it is not stated, in so many words, in the docket entries that it was filed in the clerk’s office, and it is not stated in the indorsement that it was made by the clerk of the quarter sessions, but the docket does set forth the title of the case, the name of the prosecutrix, the nature of the charge, the amount of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  2. Commonwealth v. JamesPhiladelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1891
  3. Commonwealth v. HartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  4. Commonwealth v. MillsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  5. Commonwealth v. IsaacmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1907

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FriedlanderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  2. Commonwealth v. DilksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  3. Commonwealth v. RunkleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  4. Bell AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Bell AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

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