Mt. Carmel Borough v. Fisher

Citations

• 21 Pa. Super. 643
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 429

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Curbstone market — Ordinance—Police regulation.</p> <p>It is the common law of Pennsylvania that every municipal corporation which has power to make by-laws, and establish ordinances to promote the general welfare and preserve the peace of town or city, may fix the time or places of holding public markets for the sale of foods, and make such other regulations concerning them as may conduce to the public interest.</p> <p>A borough may by ordinance provide that a curbstone market may be held on certain days of the week, and within certain hours, and prohibit under a penalty sales on the street on any other days or at any other hour, although the occupants of permanent stands or shops are permitted to sell at all hours during all secular days.</p>