Bennett v. Sullivan County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 2, March T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Dec. T., 1902, No. 2, on case stated in suit of R. W. Bennett v. Sullivan County. Case stated to determine the liability of counties for bounties under the Act of July 9, 1897, P. L. 233. From the record it appeared that the plaintiff killed a wild cat in the county, and claimed the sum of $2.00 as a bounty. The court in an opinion by Dunham^ P. J., entered judgment for the plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 2, March T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Dec. T., 1902, No. 2, on case stated in suit of R. W. Bennett v. Sullivan County. Case stated to determine the liability of counties for bounties under the Act of July 9, 1897, P. L. 233. From the record it appeared that the plaintiff killed a wild cat in the county, and claimed the sum of $2.00 as a bounty. The court in an opinion by Dunham^ P. J., entered judgment for the plaintiff. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The parties agreed upon a ease stated in the court below, and the only question for consideration upon this appeal is whether the Act of July 9, 1897, P. L. 233, violates article III, sec. 3 of the constitution, which oi’dains that: “No bill, except general appropriation bills, shall be passed, containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its. title.” The act in question is entitled, “ An act for the de*122struction of wild-cats, foxes and minks in this commonwealth, and providing for the payment of bounties on the same, officers’ fees, and fixing a…
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