Commonwealth ex rel. Graham v. Cameron

Citations

• 259 Pa. 209
• 102 A. 879
• 1917 Pa. LEXIS 541

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Justices of the peace — Jurisdiction—Place of residence — Act of February 22, 1802, 8 Smith’s Laws Jf90.</p> <p>1. Under the Act of February 22, 1802, 3 Smith’s Laws 490, providing that no justice of the peace shall act as such, unless he shall reside within the limits of the district for which he was commissioned, a justice of the peace residing in that part of a township, which, after the justice was commissioned for the entire township, was annexed to a borough, ceases to have any legal right to exercise the office of justice of the peace.</p> <p>Justices of the peace — County officers — Jurisdiction, C. P. — Quo warranto — District attorney.</p> <p>2l Although a justice of the peace receives a commission from the governor, he is not a State, but a county officer; and his right to hold office may, therefore, be questioned in quo warranto proceedings by the district attorney of the county in which he claims the right to hold office.</p>