Davis v. Dawes

4 Watts & Serg. 401
CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania
DecidedDecember 15, 1842
StatusPublished
Cited by4 cases

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Bluebook
Davis v. Dawes, 4 Watts & Serg. 401 (Pa. 1842).

Opinion

Per Curiam.

— The Commonwealth had an undoubted power to pass a retrospective law impairing her own right; and whether the flour was originally forfeited or not, the penalty was remitted or rather declared not to have been incurred, by the subsequent Act.

Judgment affirmed.

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