Perkins v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Bill in equity by Samuel C. Perkins, William Brice, Mahlon H. Dickinson, Isaac S. Cassiu, Thomas E. Gaskill, John L. Hill, Richard Peltz, William S. Stokley, Hiram Miller and William H. Wright, constituting a majority of the commissioners for the erection of the public buildings, and all of the members thereof excepting the mayor of Philadelphia and the presidents of the select and of the common councils, against the city of Philadelphia and James H. Wind-rim, director of…
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Bill in equity by Samuel C. Perkins, William Brice, Mahlon H. Dickinson, Isaac S. Cassiu, Thomas E. Gaskill, John L. Hill, Richard Peltz, William S. Stokley, Hiram Miller and William H. Wright, constituting a majority of the commissioners for the erection of the public buildings, and all of the members thereof excepting the mayor of Philadelphia and the presidents of the select and of the common councils, against the city of Philadelphia and James H. Wind-rim, director of the department of public works of said city. Bill to restrain defendants from interfering with construction of public…
1Dissent
Dissenting Opinion by
Me. Justice Thompson,
October 2, 1893:
The contention of the plaintiffs is that the act of the general assembly, approved May 24, 1898, is within the inhibition of the constitution, because it conflicts with its prohibition of amendments, revivals or extensions of acts of assembly by their titles, because it violates its mandate forbidding the enactment of special or local laws regulating the affairs of any city or county, because it was not advertised as required in cases of special or local laws and because it is an attempted delegation of a municipal duty to a special…
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- Weinman v. Wilkinsburg & E. L. P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Fredericks v. Pennsylvania Canal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
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