State v. Tufly
Decision Date | 03 February 1887 |
Docket Number | 1,260. |
Parties | STATE ex rel. STEVENSON v. TUFLY. |
Court | Nevada Supreme Court |
Application for mandamus.
Wm. M Stewart, for respondent.
This is an amicable proceeding brought for the purpose of testing the validity of an amendment to the constitution authorizing the investment of moneys pledged to educational purposes, in the bonds of any of the states of the United States.
Section 1 of article 16 of the constitution prescribes how amendments may be made without calling a convention. It reads as follows:
At the eleventh session of the legislature, the following proposed amendment was agreed to:
No entry of the proposed amendment was made upon the journal of either house, and the question presented is whether or not this omission was fatal to the adoption of the amendment.
An inquiry based upon similar facts and constitutional provisions was recently presented to the supreme court of Iowa. In pronouncing the amendment invalid, the court employed the following language, which we adopt: ...
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