· 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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