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· 4/3/1841

Frost v. Roatch

Citations

  • 6 Whart. 359
  • 1841 Pa. LEXIS 44

How courts have described this case

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  • petition’s language limiting its application to towns with more than 12,000 inhabitants indicates that it contained an excluded subject for its operation is restricted to particular localities
  • “proposed measure by its geographical specification is limited to . . . cities,” and therefore not proper subject of initiative petition

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Judges: Huston

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