Fedorowicz v. Brobst
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, Oct. T., 1915, by defendants, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 40, for writ of mandamus in case of Beny Fedorowicz for himself and Franciska Fedorowicz, his wife, v. E. C. Brobst, B. J. Smith and P. J. Boyle, Commissioners for the County of Schuylkill. Petition for mandamus.
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Appeal, No. 6, Oct. T., 1915, by defendants, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 40, for writ of mandamus in case of Beny Fedorowicz for himself and Franciska Fedorowicz, his wife, v. E. C. Brobst, B. J. Smith and P. J. Boyle, Commissioners for the County of Schuylkill. Petition for mandamus. From the record it appeared that the case came before the court on petition for writ of alternative mandamus directed to the county commissioners, requiring them to pay the sura of $42.90, being sixty-five cents per day for every day, holidays and Sundays excepted, during which Beny…
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Trexler, J.,
The only question is whether the title to the Act of Juné 12, 1913, P. L. 502, violates Sec. 3, Article III, of the Constitution which provides that “no bill except general appropriation bills, shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. The title to the act reads as follows: “To increase the powers of courts in summary proceedings for desertion or nonsupport' of wives, children or aged parents, by directing that imprisonment in such cases be at hard labor in such institution as the court shall name, with the wages…
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