Roumfort Co. v. Delaney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, May T., 1910, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., Equity Docket No. 443, dismissing bill in equity in case of the A. L. Roumfort Company v. John C. Delaney, chief factory inspector of Pennsylvania. Before Fell, C. J., Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Kunkel, P. J. The A. L. Roumfort Company was a corporation conducting in the city of Harrisburg a place of amusement.
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Appeal, No. 7, May T., 1910, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., Equity Docket No. 443, dismissing bill in equity in case of the A. L. Roumfort Company v. John C. Delaney, chief factory inspector of Pennsylvania. Before Fell, C. J., Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Kunkel, P. J. The A. L. Roumfort Company was a corporation conducting in the city of Harrisburg a place of amusement. Shortly after the passage of the act of May 3, 1909, orders were issued by the chief factory inspector to the corporation requiring it to make such changes and alterations in its place of…
1ConcurrenceJustice Moschzisker
While I concur in affirming the decree in this case, the opinion of the majority seems to me, in several respects, so far at variance with certain of our former decisions and with the thought heretofore expressed by this court, that I deem it best to put my views upon record.
I agree that the Act of May 3, 1909, P. L. 417, is a reasonable exercise of the police power; that the legislature may enact any local or special law not expressly prohibited in the constitution; that classification must be for municipal purposes, and that where the constitutionality of an act depends upon the theory of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wheeler v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Davis v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
- Morrison v. BachertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Frost v. CherrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Rose v. Beaver CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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