Waynesburg Borough's North Ward
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 24, April T., 1906, from order of Q. S. Greene Co., May T., 1905, No. 1, dividing a borough ward into election districts in case of Waynesburg Borough’s North Ward. Petition for division of the North Ward of the Borough of Waynesburg into three election districts. Before Graweord, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned amongst others was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The arguments, both oral and printed, presented upon this appeal, took a very wide range, and to some extent were based upon matters which, not being shown by the record proper, *527cannot be considered by us. The appeal is from an order of the quarter sessions dividing the north ward of the borough of Waynesburg into three election districts. Our revisory jurisdiction on such appeal is simply that which the Supreme Court had on certiorari prior to the act designating eveiy appellate proceeding an appeal. It is confined sti’ictly to questions affecting the jurisdiction of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SilcoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Gunn v. BowersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- In re Division of the Township of BernSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- In re Division of WardsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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