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Original jurisdiction - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 741

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                               SUBCHAPTER C
                      JURISDICTION OF SUPERIOR COURT

     Sec.
     741.  Original jurisdiction.
     742.  Appeals from courts of common pleas.

        Cross References.  Subchapter C is referred to in section 701
     of this title.
     § 741.  Original jurisdiction.
        The Superior Court shall have no original jurisdiction,
     except in cases of mandamus and prohibition to courts of
     inferior jurisdiction where such relief is ancillary to matters
     within its appellate jurisdiction, and except that it, or any
     judge thereof, shall have full power and authority when and as
     often as there may be occasion, to issue writs of habeas corpus
     under like conditions returnable to the said court.

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