Commonwealth Ex Rel. Baldrige v. Glass

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,

Both the Honorable Leopold C. Glass and the Honorable Charles L. Brown claim to be president judge of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia, and to have the right to perform the functions pertaining to that office. This creates a situation which calls for immediate solution, and, on the application of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth, we have taken original jurisdiction.

Section 3 of article V of our state Constitution provides that “the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction in cases of......quo warranto as to all officers of the…