Legal Opinion
Rich Hill Coal Company v. Bashore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 12, 1939No. 34 and 35PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This case comes to us on a bill in equity, later amended, filed by certain coal companies to restrain the Secretary of Labor and Industry from enforcing the Workmen's Compensation Acts of 1937 and 1938. These acts are: 1, the Act (No. 323) of June 4, 1937, P. L. 1552; 2, the Act (No. 552) of July 2, 1937, P. L. 2714, called the "Occupational Disease Compensation Act"; and 3, Act No. 20 of the Special Session of 1938, approved September 29, 1938, P. L. 52. "1" is an "amendment" to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1915, P. L. 736. "2" is a "supplement" to the Act of 1915. "3" amends Article II…
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