Commonwealth v. Atlantic Refining Co.

Citations

• 67 Pa. Super. 551
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 454

Syllabus

<p>Courts — County Court of Allegheny County — Jurisdiction—Appeals in civil suits — Penalty under Act of June 28,1879, P. L. 179— Selling ungauged liquid merchandise.</p> <p>A suit before a magistrate to recover the penally provided by the Act of June 28, 1879, P. L. 179, is a civil action; and where a judgment against the defendant in such a suit has been appealed to the County Court of Allegheny County, and such judgment reversed, an appeal from the judgment of the County Court lies exclusively to the Common Pleas of Allegheny County under the various acts creating and regulating the procedure, in the county court of Allegheny County. If an appeal is taken from the judgment of the County Court to the Superior Court, such appeal will be quashed.</p>