· 5/15/1839
Galbraith v. Elder
Citations
- 8 Watts 81
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- interpreting “departments” to mean only those in the executive branch of government and not “the three grand departments of government”
- having been approved by the voters, constitutional amendments should be “construed according to the familiar and approved usage of the language”
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Judges: Kennedy
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