Ahern v. McHenry

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal by the City Commissioners of Philadelphia from an Order in mandamus by the Court of Common Pleas No. 4 to enforce a decree, of the Court of Quarter Sessions. The actions of the lower Courts in connection with a division of the 22nd Ward have produced a comedy of confusion, but the relevant facts may be briefly summarized as follows:

On September 13, 1957, Judge Milner in Court of Quarter Sessions appointed a commission to investigate division of the 22nd Ward under tbe Act of June 25, 1937, P. L. 2080.

On November 12, 1957, Judge Milner in…