Hickman v. Wright

This suit involves the constitutionality of chapter 47 of the Acts of 1917, known as the “anti-fee hill.”

The lower court held the act to be unconstitutional, and the case has been brought to this court by appeal.

The caption and the first two sections of the act are as follows:

“An act to be entitled, ‘An act fixing the salaries of certain county officials in the state, to wit: The several clerks and masters of the chancery courts, clerks of the various county and probate, circuit, criminal and special courts, county trustee, register of deeds and sheriffs; to provide for the disposition of the…