Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The State sued the railway company for penalties and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained- writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The State brought this action and recovered the judgment under review for penalties under an Act of the Legislature approved March 25, 1907. (Laws 30th Leg., 92-3.)
The defense involved the contention that the Act. is invalid for the reason that the subject of which it treats is not expressed in its title as required by Article III, section 35, of the Constitution, which provides: “Ko bill . . . shall contain more than one subject which shall be expressed in its title.” The title of the Act is: “An Act to protect the lives and property of the traveling public and the employes of the railroads…
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