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· 2/7/1887

Fell v. Brown

Citations

  • 115 Pa. 218
  • 8 A. 70
  • 1887 Pa. LEXIS 300

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a quo warranto action seeking the removal of a state official from office was moot based on his resignation
  • dismissing quo warranto action seeking the removal of a government official from his appointed position as moot when, during the course of the proceedings, the official resigned from office
  • “Intervening changes in the factual matrix of a pending case, which eliminate an actual controversy and make it impossible for the requested relief to be granted, render a legal question moot.”
  • quo warranto action seeking removal of revenue secretary from office was moot based on his 12 resignation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Clark, Gordon, Green, Merctjr, Paxson, Sterrett, Trunkey

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