Com. ex rel. McCracken v. White
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Petition (No. 209, Miscellaneous Docket No. 1) of Mary Ann McCracken and Jennie Dougherty for mandamus to compel Hon. Harry White, president judge of the courts of Indiana county, to certify a proceeding in the orphans’ court of said county of which he is a party to the nearest president judge who shall be disinterested. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
It appears by the answer that the respondent on January 12, *5791894, filed of record an order certifying the ca*use to be heard by the president judge of Butler county. To this answer the relators have filed a replication and exceptions, that the judge of Butler county is not the judge pointed out by the acts of assembly as the one to whom the cause should be referred. Passing over, therefore, al-1 the preliminary matters relating to a stage of the case not now important, we come at once to the substantial question of law, which depends entirely on the…
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