Northrup v. Pike Township

Citations

• 242 Pa. 1
• 88 A. 781
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 825

Syllabus

<p>Judgments — Court records — Decree, Q. S.- — Defects—Collateral review — Evidence.</p> <p>1. Where the Quarter Sessions has jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties, its decree is not subject to review in a collateral proceeding in the Common Pleas.</p> <p>2. In an action against a township to recover damages for injuries caused by the negligence of township supervisors in not keeping a road in repair, a record of the Quarter Sessions showing the opening as a public highway of the road upon which the accident occurred is properly admissible in behalf of plaintiff, regardless of alleged defects in the proceedings.</p>