State ex rel. Belden v. Burgess

This suit was instituted to prevent the defendants from acting under a grant made to them by an act of the Legislature of this State in 1865, numbered 52, on the grounds that the act was unconstitutional; that it had been repealed by a subsequent act of the Legislature, and that defendants had failed to commence the work within four months after the termination of the war or to complete the work within three years thereafter.

Mvst — It is contended the law in question is in contravention of articles 112, 121 and 127 of the Constitution of 1864, in force when the : act was passed. Article 112…