Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney-General v. Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition Ass'n

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County

Decided September 16, 1926No. 61Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hargest, P. J.,

The Attorney-General filed his suggestion for a writ of quo warranto to require the respondent to show by what authority it conducts the Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition on Sundays, to which it charges an admission fee, wherein goods, wares and merchandise are sold and amusements and diversions conducted; and also to show by what authority it licenses, permits and sanctions the sale of goods and the operation of such amusements on that day. The respondent filed its answer, averring that the Exhibition conducted by it is charitable and educational in its nature and that it violates…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Mumma v. Potomac Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1834
  3. Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad v. Philadelphia & Havre De Grace Steam Towboat Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1860
  4. Episcopal Academy v. Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  5. Sparhawk v. Union Passenger Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867

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