Wright v. Steers, No. 30148
| Docket Nº | No. 30148 |
| Citation | 242 Ind. 582, 180 N.E.2d 539 |
| Case Date | March 13, 1962 |
| Court | Supreme Court of Indiana |
Page 539
v.
Edwin K. STEERS, As Attorney General of the State of
Indiana, Alva Brewer, As Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles of the State of Indiana, et
al., Appellees.
[242 Ind. 583]
Page 540
H. William Irwin, Indianapolis, for appellants.Obed T. Kilgore, John I. Bradshaw, Jr., Michael Reddington, Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd, Andrew Jacobs, Sr., Francis Thomason, Indianapolis, for appellees.
[242 Ind. 592] ARTERBURN, Judge.
The appellees have filed a petition for rehearing in which they state that this court erred in holding Section 11 of Chapter 345 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1961, unconstitutional. Section 11 reads as follows:
'SEC. 11. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1955, the annual registration fee on each passenger motor vehicle of less than twenty-five (25) horsepower shall be eight dollars ($8.00); the annual registration fee of each passenger motor vehicle of twenty-five (25) horsepower or more shall be twelve dollars ($12.00).'
It is urged that in view of Section 20 (severability clause) the above section is constitutional. Section 20 reads as follows:
'SEC. 20. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or [242 Ind. 593] application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.'
We point out that the question as to the constitutionality of Section 11 (the registration fee or license tag tax) was not raised on appeal before us. The point was not briefed. We gave it no consideration in the opinion and did not pass upon the constitutionality of that section. In view of the severability clause, our opinion should not be construed as condemning Section 11 or holding it unconstitutional. That question was simply not presented to us and we did not adjudicate the matter.
The petition for rehearing is denied.
ACHOR, C. J., and JACKSON, BOBBITT and LANDIS, JJ., concur.
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...which may be imposed by the legislature.' Wright et al. v. Steers, Atty. General, et al. (1962), 242 Ind. 582, 585, 179 N.E.2d 721, 723, 180 N.E.2d 539. It is next contended that the title of the Act contravenes Article 4, Section 19 of the Constitution of this state, since it does not noti......
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