Bagley Co., Inc. v. Cameron

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Moschziskee,

Appellant corporation was denied registration as a “dealer” under the Act of June 14,1923, P. L. 779, known as “The Securities Act”; hence this appeal.

The controlling questions involved may be considered under two general heads: (1) Does the statute offend article III, section 7, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which provides: “The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law......regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing”? (2) If the statute is constitutional, were the powers therein granted to the commissioner of banking and to…