Statutory remedy preferred over common law - 1 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1504

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     § 1504.  Statutory remedy preferred over common law.
        In all cases where a remedy is provided or a duty is enjoined
     or anything is directed to be done by any statute, the
     directions of the statute shall be strictly pursued, and no
     penalty shall be inflicted, or anything done agreeably to the
     common law, in such cases, further than shall be necessary for
     carrying such statute into effect.

        Cross References.  Section 1504 is referred to in section 708
     of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).

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