Reading City v. Yeager
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 318, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Berks Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 32, reversing judgment of justice of the peace in case of Reading City v. Delia Yeager. Appeal from summary conviction. Before a justice of the peace.
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Appeal, No. 318, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Berks Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 32, reversing judgment of justice of the peace in case of Reading City v. Delia Yeager. Appeal from summary conviction. Before a justice of the peace. Endlich, J., found the facts to be as follows: This is an appeal by defendant from the judgment of an alderman in a summary proceeding under the City Ordinance 7 Oct. 1865, City Dig. p. 367, pi. 17. The cause was tried as well as argued before both of the judges of this court. It is proper to state that the decision about to be made reflects the…
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Qklady, P. J.,
The principal, contention of counsel on each side relates to the meaning to be given the word “porch” as used in an ordinance of the city which has been in force for a half century. The courts approach the interpretation of a statute or an ordinance with the presumption that words and phrases therein are used in their natural, plain, obvious, familiar and popular sense, and without any forced, subtle or technical construction to limit or extend their meaning: Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Co. v. Catawissa R. R. Co., 53 Pa. 20; Dame’s App., 62 Pa. 117; 26 A. & E. Encl, of…
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