State ex rel. Carnation Milk Products Co. v. Emery

I

Crownhart, J.

It is but trite to say that the constitution of our state is the supreme.law. Therein will be *151found the powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, each supreme in its field but coordinate in their sources of powers and the exercise thereof.

The greatest deference must be paid by each, department to the other acting within the scope of its powers. Any usurpation of power by one department at the expense of another is a wrong against the people who adopted the constitution as their charter of liberties and rights.

To the legislature was given the…