Cheatham County v. Murff

The hill filed in this cause challenged the constitutionality of chapter 442 of the Private Acts of 1939. The chancellor held the Act to he valid and the complainants have appealed.

The most serious charge made against the Act is that it violates that portion of Section 17 of Article 2 of the Constitution providing that “All acts which repeal, revive or amend former laws, shall recite in their caption or otherwise, the title or substance of the law repealed, revived or amended.”

The scope of the Act involved is fairly indicated by its caption. The Act is lengthy, containing twenty-five…