Ormand v. White
Mississippi Supreme Court
Ormand v. White, 85 Miss. 276 (Miss. 1904)
Whitfield
Ormand v. White
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
It is far too late now to question in Mississippi the constitutionality of the statutes like the. one here assailed. That the act is constitutional is thoroughly settled by the cases of Schulherr v. Bordeaux, 64 Miss., 59 (8 South. Rep., 201), and Alcorn v. Hamer, 38 Miss., 652, with the authorities cited in these two cases and in the briefs of counsel in the two cases. The case
Affirmed.
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- Lewis Ormand v. William Wirt White
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- Constitutional Law. Constitution 1890, sec. 33. Stock law. Code 1892, $$ 2055-2059. Statute. Operation on future contingency. The operation of a statute may he dependent upon a future contingency, without being unconstitutional, and §§ 2055-2059, Code 1892, providing for the establishment of stock-law districts by petition and vote, do. not violate sec. 33, Constitution 1890, vesting the law-making power of the state in the legislature.