Commonwealth v. Stone

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

The sole question involved in these appeals is whether the Act of 1955 making it a misdemeanor to engage in the budget planning business, as therein defined, is an unconstitutional exercise of the police powers of the state in violation of art. I, § §1 and 9, art. Ill, §7, of the Pennsylvania Constitution or the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. The court below held that the act was unconstitutional and quashed the indictments. The Commonwealth appealed.

The Act of 1955, P. L. 755, 18 PS §4897, provides as follows: “(a) ‘Budget Planning,’…