State v. . Brockwell

When the validity of a statute enacted by the General Assembly of this State in the exercise of its legislative authority (Const, of N. C., Art. II, sec. 1) is challenged on the ground that its enactment was in violation of some express or implied limitation upon the exercise of such authority, imposed by the Constitution of North Carolina or by the Constitution of the United States, as in the instant case, the courts of this State have the power and in a proper ease it is their duty, in the exercise of the judicial power vested in them by the Constitution of this State (Const, of N. C., Art.…