# Price v. Smith

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · March 16, 1965 · 416 Pa. 560

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9766775

## Case

- **Full name:** Price, Appellant, v. Smith
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 16, 1965
- **Citations:** 416 Pa. 560; 207 A.2d 887; 1965 Pa. LEXIS 720
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Bell
- **Judges:** Bell, Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell:
I believe that junk and junkyards and junk dealers can and should be subject to ordinances, zoning acts and regulations. However, reasonable and definite standards must be provided. Aesthetics is not a reasonable standard. Not more than (at most) 6 out of 100 persons can agree on what is or is not “aesthetics” and therefore that standard is too vague and uncertain. It follows that the original ordinance was unconstitutional and it is clear that the amendment did not cure this unconstitutionality.

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