 | Law - 1884 - 500 pages
...And there is much force in the observation found upon the brief of the counsel for plaintiff, that " it is against reason to suppose that the legislature,...local circumstances of one county had made necessary." It must be admitted, also, that the fee of " twenty-five cents, without mileage," fixed by the act... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 632 pages
...previous statute which is particular, even though the provisions of one be different from the other. "It is against reason to suppose that the Legislature,...local circumstances of one county had made necessary" (Brown v. Commissioners, 21 Pa. St. 37 ; Bounty Accounts, 70 Pa. St. 92). Accordingly, it was decided... | |
 | George Brubaker Kulp, Joseph D. Coons, Wesley E. Woodruff - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 576 pages
...And there is much force in the observation found upon the brief of the counsel for plaintiff, that " it is against reason to suppose that the legislature,...local circumstances of one county had made necessary." It must be admitted, also, that the fee of "twenty-five cents, without mileage," fixed by the act of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1172 pages
...statute which is particular, even though the provisions of the one be different from the other. * * * It is against reason to suppose that the legislature,...local circumstances of one county had made necessary." To the same effect are Malloy v. Com., 115 Pa. St. 25, 7 Atl. 790; Morrison v. Fayette Co., 127 Pa.... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland - Law - 1893 - 1174 pages
...repeal." Robbing :•. State, 8 Ohio St. 191. In Seifried r. Com., 101 Pa. St. 200, Trunkey, ]., said : '' It is against reason to suppose that the legislature,...special act which the local circumstances of one county has made necessary." Rarely, if ever, does a case arise where it can justly be held that a general... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 1098 pages
...legislature, is intended to be exceptional and for the benefit of such municipality. It has been said that it is against reason to suppose that the legislature,...repeal a special act which the local circumstances made necessary. Brown v. Commissioners, 21 Penn. St. 37. The legislature, not the courts, judge of... | |
 | Gustav Adolf Endlich - Law - 1888 - 970 pages
...was said of the relation of a general act to a local one applying to a single county of the state, " it is against reason to suppose that the Legislature,...special act which the local circumstances of one county \xad made necessary."** The fact that the general act contains a clause repealing acts inconsistent... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland - Law - 1893 - 1176 pages
...repeal." Robbing v. State, S Ohio St. 191. In Seifried r. Com., loi Pa. St. 200, Turnkey, J., said : ' It is against reason to suppose that the legislature, in framing a general system for the state, blended to repeal a special act which the local circumstances of one county has made necessary." Rarely,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Sylvester Baker Sadler - Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 692 pages
...possible of the prior statute (Erie v. Bootz, 72 Pa. 199), and it being, in the language of this court, "against reason to suppose that the legislature in...local circumstances of one county had made necessary," and the act of 1872 being passed to meet the "local circumstances" of Allegheny county, are additional... | |
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A local statute enacted for a particular municipality, for reasons satisfactory to the legislature, is intended to be exceptional and for the benefit of such municipality. It has been said that it is against reason to suppose that the legislature, in... 
