Legal Opinion
Poor District Case (No. 2)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 1938No. 2; Appeal, 363PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Drew,
Is the Act of June 24, 1937, P. L. 2017, valid and constitutional as regards the City of Philadelphia and certain independent poor districts therein? No. 116, January Term, 1938, is a proceeding within the original jurisdiction of this Court by the directors of the poor of the Townships of Oxford and Lower Dublin against the City of Philadelphia and its mayor, treasurer, receiver of taxes, and the director of its Department of Public Welfare to enjoin enforcement of the act. No. 363, January Term, 1937, is an appeal from a judgment sustaining the act in a proceeding…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Meriwether v. GarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Mobile v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Philadelphia v. FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Hadley's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Chester County Institution District v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Hunter v. McKlveenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Erny's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Stewart v. City of CheyenneWyoming Supreme Court · 1944
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