Legal Opinion

Moreland Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 8, 1954No. Appeal, No. 174PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This matter is here on a certiorari of narrowest scope. The statutory provision under which the proceeding was instituted in the court below (Sec. 1407 of the Pennsylvania Election Code of 1937, P. L. 1333, 25 PS §3157) prohibits, by its express terms, the allowance or granting of an appeal from any order or decree of the court of common pleas made in pursuance of the authority thereby conferred. Accordingly, our review is limited to an inquiry as to the jurisdiction of the court and the regularity of the proceedings: see Flood Appeal, 372 Pa. 486, 489, 94 A. 2d…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. James AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  2. Twenty-First Senatorial District NominationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Flood AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. White v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988

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