Piedpoudre Courts: A Study of the Small Claim Litigant in the Pittsburgh District |
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Page 37 - In every particular his conduct should be above reproach. He should be conscientious, studious, thorough, courteous, patient, punctual just, impartial, fearless of public clamor, regardless of public praise, and indifferent to private political or partisan influences; he should administer justice according to law, and deal with his appointments as a public trust; he should not allow other affairs or his private interests to interfere with the prompt and proper performance of his judicial duties nor...
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Page 210 - Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected in the several wards, districts, boroughs and townships at the time of the election of constables by the qualified electors thereof, in such manner as shall be directed by law, and shall be commissioned by the Governor for a term of five years.
Page 210 - State four years, and inhabitants of their respective districts one year next before their election (unless absent on the public business of the United States, or of this State), and shall reside in their respective districts during their terms of service.
Page 155 - Equity sends questions to Law, Law sends questions back to Equity ; Law finds it can't do this, Equity finds it can't do that ; neither can so much as say it can't do anything, without this solicitor instructing and this counsel appearing for A, and that solicitor instructing and that counsel appearing for B ; and so on through the whole alphabet, like the history of the Apple Pie. And thus, through years and years, and lives and lives, everything goes on, constantly beginning over and over again,...
Page 10 - The judicial power of the State is vested in a Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, Courts of Common Pleas, Courts of Probate, justices of the peace, and such other courts inferior to the Supreme Court, as the General Assembly may, from time to time, establish.
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Page 1 - Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great : ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is God's : and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Page 20 - July, 1913, before an alderman or justice of the peace in the County of Allegheny whenever an appeal shall be taken by either party under the provisions of such laws as regulate appeals in such cases, said appeal shall be taken to the county court of said county, which court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance to hear and determine the same.