Baxter v. State
Superior Court of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
Rodney, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The first exception involves the question as to whether the quoted act is unconstitutional as being violative of the Constitutional provision, “No bill * * * shall embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in its title.” Article 2, § 16.
It needs no additional language by this Court to support the well established doctrine that no Court ought to nullify an act of the Legislature except in a very clear case and upon weighty consideration. Every legislative enactment is presumed to be constitutional, and if there is doubt the will of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wilmington Trust Co. v. HighfieldSupreme Court of Delaware · 1931
- In re the Petition for the Laying Out of Cypress Farms DitchSuperior Court of Delaware · 1935
- Equitable Guarantee & Trust Co. v. DonahoeSuperior Court of Delaware · 1901
- Discount & Credit Corp. v. EhrlichSuperior Court of Delaware · 1936
3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. HobsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1951
- State v. EmersonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1939
- State v. DanbergSuperior Court of Delaware · 1939
- United States v. 1,010.8 ACRES, ETC.District Court, D. Delaware · 1944
- Ney v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1947
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