Boblitt v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Thomas

Reversing.

The General Assembly at its 1924 session enacted chapter 10, which is on page 14 Session’s Acts for that year, and entitled: “An act regulating the sales of leaf tobacco 'at public auction in this Commonwealth.” Section 1 of the act (which in reality was but an amendment and re-enactment of section 4814b-l of the 1922 edition of Carroll’s Statutes) provided for certain prescribed duties of tobacco warehousemen where leaf tobacco was sold at public auction, among which was the posting of certain notices relative to the owners of the tobacco…