Henry v. State Ex Rel. Hartsfield

While an attempt is made to clothe the act in question with generality by making it applicable to all counties that now have,' or may have, more than 200,000 population, upon the classification theory it cannot possibly apply, in the present or future, to any county in the state,_ unless some other county not only attains 200,-000 inhabitants, but also procures the adoption of an amendment to section 96 of the Constitution and perhaps other sections. As the act of necessity applies to Jefferson county alone, present and future, it is unquestionably a local law under section 110 of the…