Commonwealth v. Brown

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 339
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 64

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Mines and mining — -Statutes—Act of July 15, 1897, is unconstitutional.</p> <p>The Act of July 15,1897, P. L. 286, entitled “ an act requiring the weighing of bituminous coal before screening, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof,” is unconstitutional, and there can be no valid indictment founded upon it.</p> <p>It conflicts with the constitution, art. 1, sec. 9, of the Bill of Bights, and art. 1, sec. 1, of said Bill of Bights.</p>