Road in Otto Township

Citations

• 2 Pa. Super. 20
• 1896 Pa. Super. LEXIS 5

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Constitutional law — Sufficiency of title — Road law.</p> <p>The second proviso of the act of April 15, 1891, P. L. 17, providing for appeals from the decree of the court of Q. S. confirming the report of viewers assessing damages in road matters, is unconstitutional.</p> <p>Statutes — Constitutional law — Rules of construction.</p> <p>It is the duty of the court to sustain a statute if it possibly can be done, without violating the letter or spirit of the constitution.</p> <p>The title of an act need not be a perfect or full index to the entire subject of the bill; fair notice of its contents is all that is required.</p> <p>Where the title of an act gives no notice, or waraing of the subject of a proviso, such- proviso offends against art. III. sec. 3 of the constitution of Pennsylvania.</p>