Henry v. State Ex Rel. Hartsfield

It is a general rule of constitutional construction that the court will hold -valid a statute — relating to governmental policy or conduct of public officers — unless convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that it is unconstitutional. The burden is on him who attacks a statute .to show the provision of organic law that such legislative enactment offends. Macon County v. Abercrombie, Judge, 184 Ala. 283, 63 So. 985; Walden v. City of Montgomery, 214 Ala. 409, 108 So. 231. See Williams, Probate Judge, v. Schwarz, 197 Ala. 45, 47, 72 So. 330, Ann. Cas. 1918D, 869, for authorities.

It is further…