Little v. Willimon
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hon. M. F. AnsEE, special Judge, Greenville, June, 1915. Action for injunction in which plaintiff seeks to have defendants enjoined from issuing certain bonds, and from selling and disposing of the same, or from performing duties incident to the issue of said bonds, and specified in two acts of the General Assembly passed at the session of 1915; one being entitled “An act to establish a highway commission for Greenville county and define its duties;” the other being…
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Before Hon. M. F. AnsEE, special Judge, Greenville, June, 1915. Action for injunction in which plaintiff seeks to have defendants enjoined from issuing certain bonds, and from selling and disposing of the same, or from performing duties incident to the issue of said bonds, and specified in two acts of the General Assembly passed at the session of 1915; one being entitled “An act to establish a highway commission for Greenville county and define its duties;” the other being entitled “An act to authorize and empower the supervisor of Greenville county to issue coupon bonds of said county in the…
1Per curiam
1 The principles anounced in Lillard v. Melton, 103 S. C. 10, 87 S. E. 421, are conclusive of all questions presented in this case, except one: That the act creating the highway commission for Greenville county (29 Stat. 491) violates the provision of the Constitution (art. I, sec. 14), that the three departments of the government shall be separate and distinct, and no persons exercising the functions of one shall assume or discharge the duties of any other.
The provisions of the act which are alleged to be in contravention of the section of the Constitution above referred to are these: 1.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lillard v. MeltonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1915
- Elledge v. WhartonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
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