Bachman v. McMichael

Citations

• 242 Pa. 482
• 89 A. 573
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 913

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Courts—Courts of Philadelphia County— Consolidation — Act of June 11,1918, P. L. 469.</p> <p>1. The Act of June 11, 1913, P. L. 469, consolidating the five Courts of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County into one court is unconstitutional.</p> <p>2. Under Sections 4 and 6, of Article V, of the Constitution, the legislature has power to change the jurisdiction and powers of Courts of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, and may also change the courts themselves, as specifically set forth in Section 6 of Article V, by increasing their number or increasing the number .of their judges, but is without authority to destroy the Courts of Common Pleas so established in Philadelphia County by consolidating them into one court.</p>