Commonwealth v. Heck

Citations

• 251 Pa. 39
• 95 A. 929
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 632

Syllabus

<p>Constitution of Pennsylvania — Schedule of the Constitution, Section 11) — Act of May 11/, 1915, P. L. 1)98 — Validity.</p> <p>1. The 14th Section of the Schedule of the Constitution is a substantive part of that instrument and is to be so construed. Its unmistakable intendment is that the legislature at the session held succeeding each decennial census shall designate the several judicial districts of the Commonwealth for the succeeding ten years.</p> <p>2. The Act of May 14,1915, P. L. 498, which amends the general judicial apportionment Act of July 18, 1901, P. L. 669, by designating the Counties of Cameron and Elk as the 25th judicial district, and attaching the County of Clinton to the 55th judicial district, is in violation of Section 14 of the schedule of the Constitution and is therefore void.</p>