Roumfort Co. v. Delaney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, May T., 1910, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., Equity Docket No. 443, dismissing bill in equity in case of the A. L. Roumfort Company v. John C. Delaney, chief factory inspector of Pennsylvania. Before Fell, C. J., Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Kunkel, P. J. The A. L. Roumfort Company was a corporation conducting in the city of Harrisburg a place of amusement.
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Appeal, No. 7, May T., 1910, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., Equity Docket No. 443, dismissing bill in equity in case of the A. L. Roumfort Company v. John C. Delaney, chief factory inspector of Pennsylvania. Before Fell, C. J., Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Kunkel, P. J. The A. L. Roumfort Company was a corporation conducting in the city of Harrisburg a place of amusement. Shortly after the passage of the act of May 3, 1909, orders were issued by the chief factory inspector to the corporation requiring it to make such changes and alterations in its place of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
This proceeding was evidently instituted to test the constitutionality of the Act of May 3, 1909, P. L. 417. This act requires exits, fire escapes, fire extinguishers and fire preventatives for buildings of a certain character *377such as theaters, public halls and other places where persons assemble or the public resort. It was intended to afford greater protection from fire and resulting panic. It is in the nature of a police regulation and must be sustained, if at all, as a proper exercise of the police power. Appellant contends that it is an unreasonable exercise…
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