Legal Opinion

Finnegan Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 13, 1950No. Appeal, No. 285PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

The proceeding in the court below was without authority of law. There is no power in a Court of Com*8mon Pleas to render an advisory opinion except in an election matter under the jurisdiction conferred by Sec. 1206 of the Pennsylvania Election Code of 1937, 25 PS §3046. Such jurisdiction, by the very terms of the grant, does not attach until seven o’clock a.m. on the day of each primary or election and then endures only until ten o’clock p.m. of the same day or for the relatively brief period of time thereafter “necessary to secure a free, fair and correct…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Watson v. WitkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Philadelphia General Election CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. PG Publishing Co. v. AicheleDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. McClain Petition, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Washington County1969
  3. Tate v. LaBrum, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1963

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