Building Commission v. Jordan

LAWSON, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding instituted for the purpose of securing a judicial declaration as to whether or not Senate Bill 172 of the 1949 Regular Session of the Legislature of this state became a law.

In this proceeding, it is not questioned that the said Senate Bill 172 was duly passed in a constitutional manner by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of this state and was thereafter signed by the presiding officer of each house on August 26, 1949, which was the thirty-fourth legislative day.

It was the contention of plaintiffs that the said Senate…