Commonwealth v. Bird
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, Oct. T., 1917, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Dec. T., 1915, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of Commonwealth ex rel. The Bradford County Agricultural Society v. George N. Bird and Jesse L. Ellsworth, Surviving County Commissioners of Bradford County.
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Appeal, No. 3, Oct. T., 1917, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Dec. T., 1915, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of Commonwealth ex rel. The Bradford County Agricultural Society v. George N. Bird and Jesse L. Ellsworth, Surviving County Commissioners of Bradford County. Case stated to determine whether the Act of March 29, 1851, P. L. 289, relating to county contributions to agricultural societies was repealed by the Act of June 13, 1907, P. L. 702, and its amendments. The court entered judgment for plaintiff. Error assigned was in the following form: The court erred in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
Section 4 of the Act of March 29, 1851, P. L. 289, provides as follows: “That when any number of individuals *503shall organize themselves into an agricultural or horticultural society, or any agricultural or horticultural society now organized within any of the counties of this Commonwealth, shall have adopted a constitution and bylaws for their government, elected their officers and raised annually by the voluntary contribution of its members any sum of money which shall have been actually paid into their treasury for the purpose of being disbursed for the promotion of…
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