Pittsburgh & Allegheny Bridge Co. v. Allegheny County

Citations

• 239 Pa. 67
• 86 A. 693
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 522

Syllabus

<p>Venue — Change of venue — Counties—Local prejudice — Appeals —Acts of March SO, 1875, P. L. 85, and March 18, 1909, P. L. 87.</p> <p>Under the Act of March 18, 1909, P. L. 37, amending the Act of March 30, 1875, P. L. 35, providing that where a county is a party there shall be a change of venue if it shall appear to the court that local prejudice exists, the determination of the question whether a change of venue should be ordered is a judicial and not a ministerial act, and as no appeal from such order is given by the statute, no appeal lies therefrom, except for an abuse of power.</p>