Hanna v. Slevin

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 509
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 89

Syllabus

<p>Justice of peace — Nonliability for exercise of judicial functions.</p> <p>The general rule, both in this country and in England, is that justices of the peace, while acting within the scope of their authority are not answerable in damages for the merely erroneous exercise of purely judicial functions.</p>