Commonwealth ex rel. Lafean v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, May T., 1917, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co.,. 1917, Commonwealth Docket No. 140, awarding mandamus in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Daniel F. Lafean, Commissioner of Banking, v. Charles A. Snyder, Auditor General, and Harmon M. Kephart, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Petition for mandamus. Before Kunkel, J. • The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court awarded a mandamus as prayed for.
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Appeal, No. 10, May T., 1917, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co.,. 1917, Commonwealth Docket No. 140, awarding mandamus in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Daniel F. Lafean, Commissioner of Banking, v. Charles A. Snyder, Auditor General, and Harmon M. Kephart, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Petition for mandamus. Before Kunkel, J. • The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court awarded a mandamus as prayed for. Defendants appealed. Error assigned was in awarding the mandamus.
1Dissent
*69Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown :
What the Constitution forbids, may not be done, and its inhibitions need not always be expressed, for they are equally effective and not less to be regarded when they arise by necessary implication: Page v. Allen, 58 Pa. 338; Commonwealth ex rel. v. Heck, 251 Pa. 39; Stoy on the Constitution, Section 424. In construing a Constitution its words are to receive their popular, natural and ordinary meaning: Commonwealth v. Bell, 145 Pa. 374; Keller v. Scranton, 200 Pa. 130; Raff v. Philadelphia et al., 256 Pa. 312. When these two propositions are borne…
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- Keller v. ScrantonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Page v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Commonwealth v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Lane v. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney GeneralSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- Raff v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
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