Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Schaeffer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 16, 1929No. Appeal 278PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Baldrige, J.,
The assignments of error raise this question for our determination. Is an ordinance void because the penalty provided therein is in excess of a limitation in a statute; or may the penalty be enforced to the extent that it does not exceed the lawful limit?
Section 8, Chapter 12, of the Borough Code of 1915, P. L. 312, provides: “No fine or penalty shall exceed one hundred dollars for any single violation of any ordinance.”
The Borough of Westlawn enacted an ordinance, approved May 17,1926, relating to the construction, regulation, maintenance, alteration, and inspecting of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- City of Greenville v. PridmoreSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
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- State v. . EarnhardtSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Saulsbury v. Bethlehem Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Lower Merion Township v. GallupSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Commonwealth ex rel. Ransom Township v. MascheskaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Penton v. City of NorfolkCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1993
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