McHenry v. Clark

Milner, J.,

The petition filed in this case is for a declaratory judgment declaring the validity or invalidity (i.e., constitutionality) of section 5 of the Act of August 26, 1953, P. L. 1476, of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which was introduced in the legislature as Senate Bill No. 445, and, having been enacted by the General Assembly, was approved by Governor John S. Pine on August 26,1953, and will be referred to hereafter as the Act of August 26, 1953. The original petition was filed by the City Commissioners of Philadelphia and thereafter, pursuant to stipulations…