Foreman v. Davis

The purpose of this litigation it to test on certain grounds specified in the bill of complaint the constitutionality of local Act No. 272 (House Bill 639), approved August 24, 1939, to create an inferior court in Covington County with restricted civil and criminal jurisdiction, to operate without juries.

The two features of the Constitution thought to be violated are sections 106 and 45. Insofar as section 106 is sought to have influence, it is thought that the published notice as there required did not "state the substance of the proposed law," as it was enacted; that section 45 was violated…