Legal Opinion
Sawter v. Shoenthal
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 20, 1912PublishedCited by 9 opinions
On error to the Supreme Court, whose opinion is reported in 52 Vroom 197.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Swayze, J.
The question raised in this case is the constitutionality and effect of the act of 1909 (Pamph. L., p. 304), which undertakes to change and amend the title of the act of 1894, imposing inheritance taxes. The Supreme Court held that the object of the act is not expressed in the title. This conclusion was rested in part at least upon- a distinction explained at length in the opinion between the purpose and the object of legislation. We are unable to adopt this distinction. If we are to go to the dictionaries for aid in the construction of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- J. L. Mott Iron Works v. GunnSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1902
- Neilson v. RussellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1908
- Dixon v. RussellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1909
3Cited by9 opinions
- Como Farms, Inc. v. ForanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950
- In re the Petition for the Laying Out of Cypress Farms DitchSuperior Court of Delaware · 1935
- Lawton Spinning Co. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Renwick v. MartinNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1939
- State v. BaldinoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1951
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