Commonwealth v. Shecter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, January T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, October T., 1914, No. 233, affirming order of Municipal Court of Philadelphia County, February T., 1914, No. 186, refusing to quash writ of adjudication, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex rel., v. Jacob Shecter.
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Appeal, No. 120, January T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, October T., 1914, No. 233, affirming order of Municipal Court of Philadelphia County, February T., 1914, No. 186, refusing to quash writ of adjudication, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex rel., v. Jacob Shecter. Head, J., filed the following opinion, Judges Kephart and Trexler dissenting: The difficulties, if any, which may attend the proper solution of the question presented to us by this record do' not arise because of any complications in the question itself. On the contrary it is single and simple,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The appellant was attached by process issued by the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County to answer a charge of noncompliance with an order of court. He made answer denying the authority and jurisdiction of the Municipal Court to issue the process, for reasons which can be understood only as the facts of the case are more fully recited. The writ of attachment had been issued on an affidavit made by one Adele Shecter, under *288caption of Commonwealth v. Jacob Shecter, in which it was averred that “an order was duly made by the Municipal Court against the above…
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