Commonwealth ex rel. Brown v. Gumbert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 186, Oct. T., 1916, by respondents, from order of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T.,' 1916, No. 1172, awarding mandamus, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Francis Shunk Brown, Attorney General, v. Addison C. Gumbert, Frank J. Harris and Gilbert F. Myer, County Commissioners of Allegheny County. trezat, Potter, Stewart, Moschzisker, Frazer and Walling, JJ. Petition for mandamus.
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Appeal, No. 186, Oct. T., 1916, by respondents, from order of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T.,' 1916, No. 1172, awarding mandamus, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Francis Shunk Brown, Attorney General, v. Addison C. Gumbert, Frank J. Harris and Gilbert F. Myer, County Commissioners of Allegheny County. trezat, Potter, Stewart, Moschzisker, Frazer and Walling, JJ. Petition for mandamus. Before Shaper, P. J., and Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court awarded the mandamus as prayed for. Respondents appealed. Error assigned was in awarding the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The appeal challenges the constitutionality of an act qf assembly which falls within a class of legislation distinguished from other legislation by its strictly humanitarian ends, and is directed especially to the betterment *533of conditions surrounding the youth of the State, having special reference to such of this class as are unfortunate enough to be lacking parental care or guardianship. The necessity for such legislation has come to be realized in recent years as never before. Witness our acts of assembly which forbid the employment of minors under a certain…
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