Cope v. Hastings
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 4, May T., 1898, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., Equity Docket, 1897, No. 239, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 4, May T., 1898, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., Equity Docket, 1897, No. 239, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for an injunction. The case was beard upon demurrer by SiMONTON, P. J., who filed the following opinion: Tire averments of the bill are substantially as follows: That defendants are members of a commission appointed as provided by the Act of April 14,1897, P. L. 19, entitled: “An act to provide for the erection of a new capitol building for the use of the general assembly, and to secure plans for said building and such other buildings to be erected in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
By the Act of April 14, 1897, P. L. 19, the respondents were appointed commissioners to erect a new state capitol at Harris*316burg. Tbe location, upon or near tbe site of the old capitol, the colonial style of architecture, and the cost, not to exceed $550,000, were fixed by the act, and were mandatory upon the commissioners and every one dealing with them. So, to a lesser extent was the fire proof character of the building, but everything else was left to the discretion of the commissioners under the general direction that the building should “ in their judgment…
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