Commonwealth v. Griest
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 8, May T., 1900, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Daupbin Co., Commonwealth Docket, 1899, No. 31, dismissing petition for mandamus in case of commonwealth ex rel. the Attorney General v. W. W. Griest, secretary of the Commonwealth. Petition for mandamus.
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Appeal, No. 8, May T., 1900, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Daupbin Co., Commonwealth Docket, 1899, No. 31, dismissing petition for mandamus in case of commonwealth ex rel. the Attorney General v. W. W. Griest, secretary of the Commonwealth. Petition for mandamus. The petition was as follows : 1. That on April 4, 1899, the house of representatives of the commonwealth aforesaid passed a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, the language of which is as follows : “ Section 1. Be it resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth in general assembly…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Green,
The pleadings in this case develop the question, whether a proposed amendment to the constitution of Pennsylvania must be submitted to the governor for his action thereon, in the course of the proceedings for its establishment. The solution of the question depends upon the interpretation to be given to the 18th article of the constitution of 1874. That article is the last of, all the articles of the constitution, and it is entitled as follows and is in the following words :
“ARTICLE XVIII.
“FUTURE AMENDMENTS.
“ Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this…
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