Winston v. Moore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 4856, entering judgment for defendants on case stated in case of John C. Winston, Richard L. Austin, John Hampton Barnes, Russell Duane, Samuel S. Pels, Charles L. McKeehan, J. Henry Scattergood, John Walton and George Woodward v. Robert J. Moore, John J. Powers, and Frank J. Gorman, County Commissioners for the City of Philadelphia, and the Commonwealth of…
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Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 4856, entering judgment for defendants on case stated in case of John C. Winston, Richard L. Austin, John Hampton Barnes, Russell Duane, Samuel S. Pels, Charles L. McKeehan, J. Henry Scattergood, John Walton and George Woodward v. Robert J. Moore, John J. Powers, and Frank J. Gorman, County Commissioners for the City of Philadelphia, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Intervening Defendant. Case stated to determine the constitutionality of the Nonpartisan Ballot Act of July 24,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The purpose of this proceeding is to test the constitutionality of the Act of July 24,1913, P. L. 1001, known as the Nonpartisan Ballot Law. The learned court below sustained the act and refused the injunction. Does the act thus assailed represent a valid exercise of legislative power? If it does, courts cannot declare it invalid, because it may prove to be unwise, or of doubtful expediency, or that it may not be effective in correcting the evils intended to bé remedied, or for any other reason not based upon a subversion of constitutional rights. In the…
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