Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Questions of constitutional law; from Court of Appeals (2444). The Court of Appeals certified to this court for its instruction thereon the following questions of law, the determination of which is deemed necessary to a proper decision of the above-stated case.
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Questions of constitutional law; from Court of Appeals (2444). The Court of Appeals certified to this court for its instruction thereon the following questions of law, the determination of which is deemed necessary to a proper decision of the above-stated case. “1. Is what purports to be an act of the General Assembly, approved August 17, 1908, and found in the published Acts of 1908, pp. 50, 51, commonly known as the ‘headlight law/ a law of this State, as against the specific contention presented in this case that it did not receive on its alleged passage a majority of the votes of all the…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
1. The act referred to in the questions propounded by the Court of Appeals, known as the “headlight law,” was duly deposited in the office of the secretary of State as an enrolled act of the General Assembly, after having been duly signed by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, and approved by the Governor. The provision of the constitution referred to in the 1st question propounded is as follows: “No bill shall become a law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly, and it shall, in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
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