138 Ga. 713 | Ga. | 1912
It frequently occurs that acts of the legislature are assailed as violative of the provisions of the constitution above mentioned, and it would be unprofitable to enter into a discussion of them in this particular case, as it involves nothing more than the application of settled law to the facts. While the body of the act purports to work out in detail the different elements involved in the liability of a railroad common carrier to its employees for injuries to them, it does not contain any matter which is not germane or authorized by the broad title. The title was sufficiently definite to inform the members of the legislature that the body of the act would appertain generally and deal in detail with matters relating to the liability of such railroad companies to their employees. All of the provisions in the body of the act were germane to the title, and related to the one general subject-matter. Under these conditions, the title of the act was not too indefinite; nor was the body of the act subject to the criticism that it referred to more than one subject-matter, or that it contained matter different from that expressed in the title.
Judgment affirmed.