Flemming v. Bush

Citations

• 43 Pa. Super. 405
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 61

Syllabus

<p>Costs — Witness fees — Acts of February 10, 1866, P. L. 188, February 23, 1889, P. L. 8, and June 1, 1907, P. L. 364 — Statutes— Repeal.</p> <p>1. The general Act of June 1, 1907, P. L. 364, entitled, “An Act to increase the pay of jurors and witnesses in this commonwealth” and providing á witness fee of $1.50 per diem, does not repeal the local Act of February 10,1865, P. L. 133, applicable to Adams county providing for the payment of a witness fee of $1.00 per diem to witnesses residing beyond one mile of the county seat.</p> <p>2. A general affirmative statute, without negative words, will not repeal a previous particular one upon the same subject, unless there be something to show a legislative intent to repeal, beside the fact that the provisions of the former are different from those of the latter.</p>