People ex rel. Smith v. Crissman
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of Logan County. Hon. E. E. Armour, Judge. Information in the nature of quo warrmto by the people, on relation of S. A. Smith, against Ella L. Crissman, as registrar of titles, in and for Logan county, Colorado. From a judgment for defendant, relator brings error. Decision en banc. This is an information in the nature of quo warranto to determine the right of the defendant in error to the office of registrar of land titles.
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Error to the District Court of Logan County. Hon. E. E. Armour, Judge. Information in the nature of quo warrmto by the people, on relation of S. A. Smith, against Ella L. Crissman, as registrar of titles, in and for Logan county, Colorado. From a judgment for defendant, relator brings error. Decision en banc. This is an information in the nature of quo warranto to determine the right of the defendant in error to the office of registrar of land titles. The relator predicates his right to the relief asked upon tie ground that an act concerning land titles, commonly known as the Torrens Land…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
The only question presented to us upon the record is whether the act in question is, for the reasons assigned, unconstitutional.
1. Is the title to the act obnoxious to the provisions of section 21, article 5, of our constitution, in that it does not clearly express the subject of the act?
In his argument in support of the objection that the title to the act is within the inhibition of section 21, article 5, of the constitution, counsel for plaintiff in error admits that the subject legislated upon in the body of the statute is germane to that expressed in the title of the act, but contends…
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