Whaley v. Independence County

Grifein Smith, Chief Justice.

In sustaining the judgment — which we do — it is necessary to hold that where records made by separate coordinate departments of the State government are in conflict in circumstances where neither department is required, by express language of the Constitution, to include or exclude a particular method, the dignity of one is not superior to that of the other; hence, in resolving differences, effect must be given to the act or transaction most strongly supported by accepted presumptions of verity.'

In 1936 Independence County adopted Initiated Act No. 3, fixing…