Biddle v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, where judgment was rendered in favour of the commonweálth. It was an action of debt for the sum of eleven dollars brought by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania against Charles Biddle.
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IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, where judgment was rendered in favour of the commonweálth. It was an action of debt for the sum of eleven dollars brought by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania against Charles Biddle. The defendant demurred to the declaration, and the question was whether the act of assembly laying a duty on the retailers of foreign merchandize, passed the 2d of dlpr.il, 1821, (7 Slate Laws, 474, and the supplement thereto, passed the 4th of March, 1824, Pamph. Ed. 32,) were void, because contrary to the constitution of the United States, or…
1Opinion of the Court
*408The opinion of the court was delivered by -
Tirghman, C. J.
This is an action of debt, for the sum of eleven dollars, brought by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, against Charles Biddle. The defendant demurred to the declaration, and and the question is, whether the act of assembly, laying .a duty on the retailers of foreign merchandize, passed the 2d of dlpril, 1821, (7 State Laws, 474, and the supplement thereto, passed the 4th of March, 1824, pampb. ed. 32,) are void, because contrary to the constitution of the United States, or of the. state of Pennsylvania. By the first act, every person…
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