Commonwealth v. Hyneman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous Docket (No. 2), No. 619. Quo warranto by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex rel. John C. Bell, Attorney General, v. Samuel M. Hyneman. Quo warranto proceedings. Original jurisdiction. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. cited: Stegmaier v. Jones; 203 Pa. 47; Dailey v. Potter County, 203 Pa. 593; Union Passenger Railway Co.’s App., 81* Pa. 91; Otto Township Road, 2 Pa. Superior Ct. 20, 181 Pa. 390; Com. v. Hopkins, 53 Pa.
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Miscellaneous Docket (No. 2), No. 619. Quo warranto by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex rel. John C. Bell, Attorney General, v. Samuel M. Hyneman. Quo warranto proceedings. Original jurisdiction. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. cited: Stegmaier v. Jones; 203 Pa. 47; Dailey v. Potter County, 203 Pa. 593; Union Passenger Railway Co.’s App., 81* Pa. 91; Otto Township Road, 2 Pa. Superior Ct. 20, 181 Pa. 390; Com. v. Hopkins, 53 Pa. Superior Ct. 16; Gottschall v. Campbell, 234 Pa. 347. cited: Com. v. Harding, 87 Pa. 343; Com. v. Handley, 106 Pa. 245; Sharpless v. Philadelphia,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Beown,
The Constitution is the supreme law of the State, and the duty of the judiciary is to determine whether any legislation violates or fails to conform to its provisions. It forbids the legislature to do certain things, and expressly authorizes others. When the legislature does what is forbidden, or undertakes to do what is authorized, but in a way that is violative of the constitutional direction, the duty of the courts to pronounce such legislation void is not to be evaded. In doing so judges speak not for themselves, but for the people, so that the compact which…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sharpless v. Mayor of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
- Philadelphia, Morton & Swarthmore Street RailwayCo.'s PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Adinolfi v. HazlettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Commonwealth ex rel. O'Hara v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1811
- Cronise v. CroniseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
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