Woodruff v. Baldwin
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Montgomery District Court. Action brought by Woodruff against Thos. J. Baldwin and his wife, Margaret A. Baldwin, upon a note and mortgage executed pursuant to the provisions of art. 17 of the code of criminal procedure, by the wife as trustee of the estate of her husband, who was a convict in the state penitentiary. The defendant Thos. J. Baldwin, for himself, demurred generally to the plaintiff’s petition.
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Error from Montgomery District Court. Action brought by Woodruff against Thos. J. Baldwin and his wife, Margaret A. Baldwin, upon a note and mortgage executed pursuant to the provisions of art. 17 of the code of criminal procedure, by the wife as trustee of the estate of her husband, who was a convict in the state penitentiary. The defendant Thos. J. Baldwin, for himself, demurred generally to the plaintiff’s petition. At the March Term, 1879, the court sustained the demurrer, and gave judgment for said defendant. The plaintiff brings the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
*492The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This case hinges on the constitutionality of article 17 of the code of criminal procedure. That article treats solely of the “custody and management of the estates of convicts,” and its constitutionality is challenged under §16 of art. 2 of the constitution, which provides that “ no bill shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.” The act is entitled “An act to establish a code of criminal procedure,” and is divided into seventeen articles, each treating of separate matters. This challenged article…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bowman v. CockrillSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
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