Warden's License
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 59, Oct. T., 1903, by Lawrence T. Warden, from order of Q. S. Bucks Co., refusing application for soldier’s license in the matter of the appeal of Lawrence T. Warden. Petition for soldier’s license under the Act of June 9, 1891,-P. L. 250. The court dismissed the petition. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The constitutionality of an anti-peddling license law, as being within the general police powers of the state, is not open to question in Pennsylvania: Com. v. Gardner, 133 Pa. 284; Com. v. Dunham, 4 Pa. Superior Ct. 74; S. C., 191 Pa. 73.
The Act of March 22, 1862, P. L. 161, which relates to Bucks county, is clearly within the principle decided in the cases above cited. Its first section provides : “ That from and after the passage of this act no person or persons shall sell or expose to sale within the county of Bucks, as a hawker, peddler or traveling merchant, any…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sayre Borough v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Commonwealth v. GardnerSchuylkill County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1890
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Mechanicsburg Borough v. KoonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Commonwealth v. DunhamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
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