Nolan v. Jones

Citations

• 67 Pa. Super. 430
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 422

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Declaration of rights — Privileges and immunities of citizens — Cold storage law — Act of May 16,1913, P. L. 216.</p> <p>The Act of May 16,1913, P. L. 216, entitled “An Act for the protection of the public health and the prevention of fraud and deception, by regulating the storage and sale of cold storage foods; fixing penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof, and providing for the enforcement thereof,” and providing that certain named articles should not be sold for food after having been held in a cold storage warehouse for a certain number of months specified, is not unconstitutional as violating Article I, Sec. 1, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, or as violating the Pourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.</p> <p>Laws enacted for the protection of human life, or for the prevention of .fraud and the remedy of public evils are entitled to a liberal construction.</p>