In re Road in Otto Township

Citations

• 181 Pa. 390
• 37 A. 514
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 557

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Statutes—Title of act — Road law — Act of April 15, 1891.</p> <p>The second proviso of the Act of April 15, 1891, P. L. 17, entitled “An act to provide for an appeal by county commissioners, cities or other municipalities and all persons interested in the damages awarded for laying out, widening, grading, opening or changing the lines or grades of any public street, road or alley in this commonwealth, from the decree of the court of quarter sessions confirming the report of the viewers assessing such damages,” violates section 3 article 3, of the constitution, inasmuch as the subject of the proviso is not so clearly expressed in the title of the act as to give any notice of the legislative purpose.</p>