Earl v. Ryan

Citations

• 41 Pa. Super. 448
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 247

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Courts—Remedies—Local legislation — Act of July 2,1901, P. L. 607 — Road law.</p> <p>1. Legislators may, from time to time, provide new remedies, modify old ones, validate defects in form, provide new tribunals or new process for vindicating existing rights, and such enactments are perfectly within the limits of the state and national constitutions. The forms for administering justice, and the duties and powers of the court, as incident to the exercise of a branch of sovereign power, must ever be subject to legislative will.</p> <p>2. The Act of July 2, 1901, P. L. 607, entitled an act “to provide for reviewing the proceedings of township road commissioners in laying out, opening and vacating roads,” is a constitutional exercise of the power of the legislature to provide a new remedy in road proceedings.</p> <p>3. The Act of July 2, 1901, P. L. 607, is not a local act although it applies only to certain townships in three counties.</p>