Legal Opinion

Shaffer v. Sires

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 11, 1923No. Appeal, 131PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment of the common pleas affirming, upon certiorari, the judgment of an alderman in an action of assumpsit. The cause of action was within the jurisdiction conferred on aldermen and justices of the peace by the Act of 1810, as amended by the Act of 1879, P. L. 194. We have no jurisdiction to review the judgment of the common pleas. The 22d section of the Act of March 20, 1810, 5 Sm. L. 161, expressly provides that “the judgment of the court of common pleas shall be final on all proceedings removed as aforesaid, (by certiorari) by the said…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Clark v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
  2. Coyle v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
  3. Crumley v. Crescent Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  4. Huntington & Broad Top Mountain Railroad v. FlukeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  5. Home Protective Ass'n v. ReeseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Perroni v. ThornberrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. Bell AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. Bell AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Commonwealth v. HaslamBucks County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1950

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