Beltz v. City of Pittsburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 14, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1904, No. 110, affirming judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1903, No. 113, affirming justice of the peace in case of John Beltz v. City of Pittsburg. Appeal from judgment of Superior Court. The only question raised in the lower court was the constitutionality of the Act of June 7, 1901, P. L. 493. Error assigned was the judgment of the lower court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The Act of June 7, 1901, P. L. 493, is an act relating to the public health as affected by the matters of plumbing and drainage and of general sanitation resulting therefrom. In its nature it is a definition and regulation of the police power on a subject which is one of municipal concern. All the cases agree that such subjects are the principal basis of the legitimate classification of cities. That the control and regulation of cesspools and of drainage in general are more important and require different conditions in closely built up neighborhoods from those sufficient for the…
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