Pennsylvania Constitution

Article Schedule 1, § 20 — When re-organization of courts to take effect

Pennsylvania Const. art. Schedule 1, § 20

Pennsylvania Const. art. Schedule 1, § 20 (When re-organization of courts to take effect) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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Pa. Const. art. Schedule 1, § 20.

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The organization of the courts of common pleas under this Constitution for the counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny shall take effect on the first Monday of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and existing courts in said counties shall continue with their present powers and jurisdiction until that date, but no new suits shall be instituted in the courts of nisi prius after the adoption of this Constitution.

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