Commonwealth v. Challis

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 130
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 24

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Sidewalks—Obstruction—Police p>ower.</p> <p>There is no doubt as to the police power of a borough to pass an ordinance to prevent obstructions of the sidewalk by persons “ idly standing, loafing or congregating thereupon,” and to provide for summary punishment therefor before a justice of the peace.</p> <p>Record of justice — Certiorari—Technical defects not sought for by appellate courts.</p> <p>The appellate court is not disposed to criticise the records of justices of the peace with hypercritical nicety in order to discover technical defects upon which to defeat their judgments. Where it appears in substance that the justice had jurisdiction of the cause of action and of the pa7'ties, their judgments will be sustained regardless of technical form in the jmoceedings.</p>