Supreme Court of Pennsylvania April 17, 1946, Appeal, 97 (Hayward v. Samuel)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This was a taxpayer’s class bill to restrain certain officers of Philadelphia from expending public funds

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in exterminating pigeons in the section of the city bounded by Girard Avenue, Delaware River, South Street and the Schuylkill River. The bill alleged that the ordinance was “invalid, illegal and unconstitutional.