Wagner v. Hoffman

Citations

• 19 Pa. Super. 414
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 118

Syllabus

<p>Justice of the peace — Jurisdiction—Justice acting as collection agent— Certiorari — Appeal.</p> <p>A mere letter addressed by a justice of the peace addressed to a debtor notifying him that a claim against him had been left with the justice of the peace for collection, without any other evidence of the agency of the justice for the creditor, is not sufficient to disqualify the justice from acting in his official capacity in the collection of a claim by a suit.</p> <p>Where a justice of the peace has jurisdiction over the subject-matter of a case before him, his judgment cannot be attacked on appeal after a trial on the merits because he had acted as collection agent for the plaintiff before the suit was brought. Objection can be taken to such irregularity only by certiorari.</p>