State Ex Rel. Russum v. County Commission of Jefferson County

BOULDIN, J. .

This proceeding by quo warranto is to test the constitutionality of an act approved May 27, 1931 (Gen. Acts 1931, p. 263), to abolish the office of coroner in counties of 300,000 or more population, and to transfer the powers and duties now or hereafter attaching to the office of coroner to the county commission in such counties.

The title and body of the act appear in the report of the case.

Indulging all reasonable presumptions in favor of legislative acts, we cannot say there is no rational basis for a population classification in dealing with the subject-matter. Manifestly the…