Langerwisch's Estate

Citations

• 267 Pa. 319
• 110 A. 165
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 853

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Title of act — One subject — Actual or constructive intestacy — Local or special act — Change of law of descent or succession — Acts of June 7,1917, P. L. b%9, and July 11, 1917, P. L. 755 — Amending act.</p> <p>1. The Act of July 11,191Y, P. L. Y55, entitled “An act to amend section two, clause (a) of the Intestate Act of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, approved June Y, 191Y, by inserting in the proviso to said clause the words “as to said five thousand dollars in value,” making it apply only “to cases of actual intestacy...... and not to cases where the surviving spouse shall elect to take against the will,” contains in its title hut one subject which is “clearly expressed,” and the act does not violate section 3, of article HI, of the Constitution.</p> <p>2. The act is a general law, not a local or special one “changing the law of descent or succession,” and does not violate section Y, clause 16, of article III, of the Constitution.</p>