State Ex Rel. Knox v. Speakes

I believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the law here under consideration, which I shall denominate “the County Court Bill, ’ ’ is unconstitutional and void, and that the lower court was correct in so holding, and shall briefly state my reasons for “the faith that is within me.”

1. It will be observed that section 1 of chapter 131, Laws of 1926, creates an inferior court in counties having a permanent population exceeding- thirty-five thousand inhabitants, or, not having such a population, having an assessed valuation of real and personal property exceeding seventeen million dollars and in…