Rassau v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 51, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1911, No. 106, affirming decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1911, No. 985, dismissing bill in equity in case of John Rassau y. I. K. Campbell, et al., County Commissioners, and Frank Scholl, Constable of the borough of Brackenridge. Appeal from Superior Court. See Rassau v. Campbell, 48 Pa. Superior Ct. 408. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 51, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1911, No. 106, affirming decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1911, No. 985, dismissing bill in equity in case of John Rassau y. I. K. Campbell, et al., County Commissioners, and Frank Scholl, Constable of the borough of Brackenridge. Appeal from Superior Court. See Rassau v. Campbell, 48 Pa. Superior Ct. 408. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was the judgment of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Beown,
By the Act of April 3, 1872, P. L. 804, the voters of the townships of West Deer, East Deer, Pine, Richland, Harrison, North Versailles, South Versailles, North Fayette, South Fayette and Killbuck, in the county of Allegheny, were authorized to vote at the next municipal election, and triennially thereafter, for or against the granting of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors; and whenever it should appear from the returns of an election that there was a majority in any of said townships against the granting of licenses in it, no licenses could he issued…
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