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Phinney v. Sheppard, c., Hospital Trustees

U.S.
Apr 9, 1900
177 U.S. 170 (1900)

Summary

In Phinney v. Sheppard, 88 Md. 637, it is said, this section has been before this Court a great number of times. It has been invariably held to mean that the title shall sufficiently describe the subject-matter of the legislation, but that it need not give an abstract of the contents of the act.

Summary of this case from Bond v. M. C.C. of Baltimore

Opinion

ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

No. 392.

Submitted March 19, 1900. Decided April 9, 1900.

Dismissed on the authorities cited.

THIS was a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.

Mr. William Pinkney White, Mr. George R. Willis and Mr. Francis T. Homer for the motion.

Mr. Abner McKinley and Mr. E.J.D. Cross opposing.


Cause reported in state court, 88 Md. 633. Writ of error dismissed on the authority of Williams v. Eggleston, 170 U.S. 304, 309; Hamblin v. Western Land Company, 147 U.S. 531; Wilson v. North Carolina, 169 U.S. 586, 595.


Summaries of

Phinney v. Sheppard, c., Hospital Trustees

U.S.
Apr 9, 1900
177 U.S. 170 (1900)

In Phinney v. Sheppard, 88 Md. 637, it is said, this section has been before this Court a great number of times. It has been invariably held to mean that the title shall sufficiently describe the subject-matter of the legislation, but that it need not give an abstract of the contents of the act.

Summary of this case from Bond v. M. C.C. of Baltimore
Case details for

Phinney v. Sheppard, c., Hospital Trustees

Case Details

Full title:PHINNEY v . SHEPPARD, c., HOSPITAL TRUSTEES

Court:U.S.

Date published: Apr 9, 1900

Citations

177 U.S. 170 (1900)

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