Legal Opinion

Rose v. Beaver County

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 5, 1903No. Appeal, No. 96PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal, No. 96, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiffs, from decree of Superior Ct., April T., 1902, No. 112, affirming decree of C. P. Beaver Go., March T., 1902, No. 4, on bill in equity in case of Jacob A. Rose et al. v. Beaver County et al. Appeal from Superior Court.

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Appeal, No. 96, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiffs, from decree of Superior Ct., April T., 1902, No. 112, affirming decree of C. P. Beaver Go., March T., 1902, No. 4, on bill in equity in case of Jacob A. Rose et al. v. Beaver County et al. Appeal from Superior Court. The opinion of the Superior Court by Beaver, J., was as follows : In pursuance of the provisions of the act of assembly of March 29, 1851, P. L. 260, the commissioners named therein purchased a tract of land upon which buildings for the accommodation .of the poor of Beaver county were subsequently erected, title to which was taken in…

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Curiam,

We have reviewed the disposition made by the common pleas of Beaver and the Superior Court of the several questions raised by the appellants, and affirm the decree appealed from on the opinion of the Superior Court, 20 Pa. Superior Ct. 110, where Judge Beaver clearly demonstrates the constitutionality of the Act of June 4, 1879, P. L. 78, and “which” he properly says, “ under various phases, constitutes the real bone of contention in the case.”

Appeal dismissed at appellants’ costs.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Rose v. Beaver CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Germantown Trust Co. v. PowellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. WoodringSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. James v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  4. Sheraden BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  5. Commonwealth v. FisherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905

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