Commonwealth v. Kelly

Citations

• 250 Pa. 18
• 95 A. 322

Syllabus

<p>Sunday — Sunday newspapers — Publication of legal notices — Municipalities — Boroughs—Ordinances—Improper publication — Invalidity of ordinances.</p> <p>1. Publication in a Sunday newspaper of a notice or advertisement required by law does not constitute legal notice.</p> <p>2. The provisions of Section 3 of the Act of April 3, 1851, P. L. 320, relating to the publication of borough ordinances are mandatory, and, until they have been complied with, an ordinance is not effective, and is as wholly inoperative as if the municipal legislative body bad not acted in the matter. An ordinance published exclusively in a Sunday paper is of no effect.</p>