Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1961

Hicks Appeal

Hicks Appeal
Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 22, 1961 · Ervin, Flood, Montgomery, Rhodes, Watkins, Weight, Woodside
194 Pa. Super. 460; 168 A.2d 807; 1961 Pa. Super. LEXIS 736

Hicks Appeal

Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from an order of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia in an adoption case. The statute providing for adoption does not give the right of appeal. See Act of April 4, 1925, P. L. 127, as amended, 1 P.S. §1 et seq. An appeal in an adoption proceeding is in the nature of a certiorari. Maisels Adoption Case, 395 Pa. 329, 332, 149 A. 2d 38 (1959). Under these circumstances, the Act of March 2, 1923, P. L. 3, 17 P.S. §187, giving this Court jurisdiction of appeals from the Municipal Court of Philadelphia, does not give us jurisdiction of appeals from adoption orders in the Municipal Court. Bell Appeal, 396 Pa. 592, 152 A. 2d 731 (1959).

*462The appeal is therefore certified to the Supreme Court.

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