Perroni v. Thornberry

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

R. O. Thornberry, appellee herein, brought an action of trespass against the appellant, Vincent Perroni, before an alderman in and for the City of Pittsburgh. After a summons had been served on Perroni but before judgment or even a hearing, the attorney for Per-roni obtained a writ of certiorari commanding the aider-man to certify and send the record of the case to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.

Appellant’s attorney filed specifications of error in support of the writ of certiorari. It was alleged that the “alderman had no jurisdiction to take the said suit”…