Sproul v. Murray

Citations

• 156 Pa. 293
• 27 A. 302
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1343

Syllabus

<p>Construction of statutes — Intent—Presumption—Be-enactmenl of language which has been judicially construed.</p> <p>When the legislature re-enacts language which has received judicial construction it carries the same construction with it. .But this is a presumption merely, in aid of the real inquiry, which is for the legislative intent. If that be clear, all presumptions must give way to it.</p> <p>Wages claims — Mots of 1872 and 1883 — Business.</p> <p>Under the act of Juno 13, 1883, P. L. 117, the class of employers mentioned in the act of April 9, 1872, P. L. 116, is enlarged by necessary implication to correspond with the classes of employees named, and the words “ other business” in the act include all kinds of business in which any of the classes of employees named in the act are engaged.</p> <p>Wages claim — Sale—Business.</p> <p>Claimants were tailors working in a tailor shop connected with a merchant tailoring store. The shop and store were carried on as part of the same business though in different apartments. The contents of the store were sold under execution. Held that claimants were entitled to a preference for their wages out of the fund realized by the sale.</p>