Southern Railway Co. v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale. Tried before the Hon. Ed. B. Almon. This was an action brought by the appellant, the Southern Bailway Company, a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, against the ap-pellee, J. J. Mitchell, as an individual, and as Judge of Probate of Lauderdale county; and sought to recover 1113.50, money paid by appellant to said Mitchell as a license tax for operating a toll bridge that spans the Tennesse river between…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale. Tried before the Hon. Ed. B. Almon. This was an action brought by the appellant, the Southern Bailway Company, a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, against the ap-pellee, J. J. Mitchell, as an individual, and as Judge of Probate of Lauderdale county; and sought to recover 1113.50, money paid by appellant to said Mitchell as a license tax for operating a toll bridge that spans the Tennesse river between the counties of Colbert and Lau-derdale; it being averred in one of the two counts of the complaint- that said license…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, C. J. —
House bill 1247 — legislative session 1900-1901 — was a “General Revenue Rill” within the exception to the requirement of § 2, Art. 4 of the Constitution of 1875 (§45 Const. 1901): “Each law shall contain but one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title;” the exception therefrom being “general appropriation bills, general revenue bills, and bills adopting a Code, digest, or revision of statutes.” Being thus excepted, the title which it bore on introduction was no part of the bill. It was competent to embody in the bill any and all provisions for the raising of…
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