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· 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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