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CLARK v. MEADE

377 Pa. 150 (1954)

Clark, Appellant, v. Meade.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 29, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham L. Freedman, City Solicitor, with him Ernest L. Nagy, Assistant City Solicitor, Abraham Wernick, Deputy City Solicitor and Jerome J. Shestack, First Deputy City Solicitor, for Mayor of City of Philadelphia et al., appellants.

Charles E. Kenworthey, with him Daniel J. McCauley, Jr., for Board of Revision of Taxes and Registration Commission, appellees.

Herbert S. Levin, with him Joseph E. Gold, Grover C. Ladner and Gilbert Stein, for City Commissioners and Sheriff, appellees.

Harry F. Stambaugh, Special Counsel, with him Harrington Adams, Deputy Attorney General, and Frank F. Truscott, Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under Rule No. 46.

Robert B. Wolf and Robert T. McCracken filed a brief for amicus curiae.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ARNOLD, March 29, 1954:

These two appeals were argued together and will be treated in one opinion, the questions involved being common to both. The controversy is whether § 5 of the Act of 1953, 53 PS § 3422, is a valid constitutional enactment. In No. 91 January Term, 1954, the court below gave judgment for the plaintiffs against the Mayor of Philadelphia and the other defendants in a declaratory judgment proceeding.

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