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Miller v. BerryMiller v. Berry

Supreme Court of Alabama
Nov 15, 1893
Reporters:
Before:
Head
HEAD, J.

The act entitled “An act to declare inoperative an act entitled ‘an act to change the boundary ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍lines between the counties of Talladega and Clay in this State/ approved January 10, 1877, and to provide for the location of the lines between said counties/’ approved February 9, 1893 (Pamp. Acts 1892-93, p. 343) ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍is violative of so much of section 2 of Art. IV of the Constitution as provides that no law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof extended or conferred by reference to its title only ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍; but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended, or conferred shall be re-enacteci and published at length. — Rogers v. Torbut, 58 Ala. 523; Stewart v. Commissioners, 82 Ala. 209, 2 So. Rep. 270; Judson v. City of Bessemer, 87. Ala. 240, 6 ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍So. Rep. 267; Bay Shell Road v. O’Donnell, 87 Ala. 378, 6 So. Rep. 119; Stewart v. Slate, 100 Ala. 1, 13 So. Rep. 943. The act is of such character that no part of it can stand and be administered without ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍the rest.

There was no error, therefore, in the ruling of the circuit court, and its judgment is affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Miller v. Berry
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Nov 15, 1893
Citation: 101 Ala. 531
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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