Baker v. Hickman County

delivered ‘the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought by the Commissioner of Highways and Public Works, with whom the Attorney-General and Reporter joined, to obtain a declaratory judgment with respect to the constitutionality of Public Acts 1929, chapter 145. Complainants have appealed from a decree . of the chancery court sustaining the Act.

Chapter 145 of the Public Acts of 1929 is limited in its application to Hickman County alone, by reference to population which excludes other counties. It directs that the State shall repay to said county, in the manner and subject to the…