State ex rel. Weir v. County Judge
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Davis District Court. This was a proceeding by mandamus, by tbe state of Iowa, on tbe relation of James R. Weir, against tbe county judge of Davis county, to compel tbe opening of a certain state road.
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Appeal from the Davis District Court. This was a proceeding by mandamus, by tbe state of Iowa, on tbe relation of James R. Weir, against tbe county judge of Davis county, to compel tbe opening of a certain state road. Tbe petition alleges that an act of the General Assembly, of 22d of January, 1853 (Stat. 1852-3, 175, § 24), entitled “ An act in relation to certain state roads therein named,” provided for a state road from Bloomfield, in Davis county, to Wintersett, in Madison county, and appointed commissioners to locate it; that all tbe steps and proceedings required by tbe act, bad been…
1Opinion of the Court
"Woodward, J.
The first question presented, is, whether the act entitled “ An act in relation to certain state roads therein named,” approved January 22, 1858, is constitutional ? The objection is made, that it is contrary to article 8, section 26 of the constitution, declaring that “ every law shall embrace but one object, which shall be expressed in the title.”' The act in question contains sixty-six sections, in which it establishes some forty-six roads, and vacates some, and provides for the relocation of others. Is here a plurality of object, in the sense of the constitution?
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