Commonwealth v. Darmska
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 215, Oct. T., 1907, by City of Philadelphia, from order of O. & T. Phila. Co., July T., 1907, No. 287, overruling demurrer to petition for allowance of fees under Act of March 22, 1907, P. L. 31, in case of Commonwealth v. Josephine Darmska. Petition for allowance of fees for professional services in a murder trial, provided by the Act of March 22,1907, P. L. 31. The city and county of Philadelphia demurred to the petition.
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Appeal, No. 215, Oct. T., 1907, by City of Philadelphia, from order of O. & T. Phila. Co., July T., 1907, No. 287, overruling demurrer to petition for allowance of fees under Act of March 22, 1907, P. L. 31, in case of Commonwealth v. Josephine Darmska. Petition for allowance of fees for professional services in a murder trial, provided by the Act of March 22,1907, P. L. 31. The city and county of Philadelphia demurred to the petition. The court in an opinion by Yon Moschzisker, J., in which Magill, J., concurred, overruled the demurrer. Wiltbank, J., filed an opinion setting forth a contrary…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
This appeal presents for our consideration the constitutionality of the Act of March 22, 1907, P. L. 31. The objection urged is that the subject of the statute is not clearly expressed in its title as required by sec. 3 of article III of the constitution. The title is “An act to provide for the assignment of counsel in murder cases, and for the allowance of expenses and compensation in such cases.” In examining the question we are to have *582in mind the well-known principle that an act of assembly is only to be declared void when it violates the constitution clearly,…
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