Commonwealth v. Crow

Citations

• 218 Pa. 234
• 67 A. 355
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 492

Syllabus

<p>Quo warranto — Parties—Senatorial apportionment — Act of February 17, 1906, P. L. 31 — Constitutional law.</p> <p>A person claiming to have been rightfully elected to the office of senator cannot issue and maintain a quo warranto in the name of the commonwealth on his own relation, to test the constitutionality of the Act of February 17, 1906, P. L. 31, relating to senatorial apportionment.</p> <p>In a suit properly brought the Supreme Court has general jurisdiction to consider and pass upon the constitutionality of the Act of February 17, 1906, P. LI 31.</p>