Godsey v. State

The appeal is from a conviction for driving’ a motor vehicle on the public highway while under the influence of an intoxicant and a sentence assessing a fine of $50 and prohibiting him from driving an automobile for twelve months. The evidence clearly supports the verdict of guilty, but the assignments of error raise several questions of law.

It is said that Chapter 87 of the Acts of 1929, to regulate the operation of motor vehicles upon the streets and highways of Tennessee, is unconstitutional because the act is broader than the caption, in that, while the (caption is limited to the streets…