COMMONWEALTH EX REL. v. JOHNSTON

No. 74.

4 Pa. D. & C. 2d 418 (1955)

Commonwealth ex rel. v. Johnston

Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Kascak, in propria persona.

Frank P. Lawley, Jr. and Herbert B. Cohen, for defendants.


NEELY, J., May 2, 1955.

This is a petition for writ of mandamus. We will treat the matter as being before us on plaintiff's complaint in mandamus in accordance with Pa. R. C. P. 1091. Plaintiff prays that we order the Pennsylvania Board of Parole to modify the maximum expiration date of his sentence in the Western State Penitentiary from January 11, 1957, as determined by that board, to January 11, 1955. Defendants have filed a preliminary objection in the nature...

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