Dike v. State

The only question in this case is whether Laws 1887, c. 158, is in violation of the constitutional amendment of 1881, (Laws 1881, c. 3, § 1,) wbich prohibits the legislature from enacting any special or private laws, among other things, “for granting to any individual, association, or corporation, except municipal, any special or exclusive privilege, immunity, or franchise whatever.” The contention on behalf of the state is that the act in question grants to plaintiff a “special privilege,” because it gives him the right to appeal to the district court from the decision of the commission…