Haller v. Mecklenburg Highway Commission

The appellant contends that tbe award of the Industrial Commission should be set aside for two reasons: (1) The Workmen’s Compensation Act (P. L. 1929, ch. 120) is in conflict with the Constitution, Article YU, sec. 7, which provides that “no county, city, town or other municipal corporation shall contract any debt, pledge its faith or loan its credit, nor shall any tax be levied or collected by any officer of the same except for the necessary expenses thereof, unless by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein”; (2) the act deprives, the defendant of its right to a trial by…