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JONES v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Original jurisdiction No. 1145 C.D. 1972.

8 Pa.Commw. 637 (1973)

Jones v. Department of Health.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 30, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Knupp, with him Knupp and Knupp, for plaintiff.

No appearance for defendant.

Argued May 9, 1973, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS and BLATT.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, May 30, 1973:

This strikingly unusual case is before us for argument by direction of this Court. The plaintiff brought this action of mandamus to correct a birth certificate. An action to correct a birth certificate is normally perfectly routine and is brought in the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas in the county where the plaintiff or petitioner resides. The problem presented here is that the plaintiff is a non-resident...

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