Goff v. Gates

Citations

• 87 Ohio St. (N.S.) 142

Syllabus

<p>Act of legislature that fails to repeal in terms an existing statute— Held to repeal former statute by implication, when — Section 2, of act of May jo, 1910, in conflict with Section 6926, General Code — Law of constructing, repairing, and improving public roads.</p> <p>1'. An act of the legislature that fails to repeal in terms an existing statute on the same subject-matter must be held to repeal the former statute by implication if the later act is in direct conflict with the former, or if the subsequent act revises the whole subject-matter of the former act and is evidently intended as a substitute for it.</p> <p>2. Section 2 of the act of the general assembly, passed May 10, 1910, entitled: “An act to provide for the laying out, construction, repair, or improvement of any public road or any part thereof, and for the straightening, widening, or altering, and draining of the same by the county commissioners,” is in direct conflict with Section 6926, General Code, and, therefore, repeals said section of the General Code by implication.</p> <p>3. The act of the general assembly of May 10, 1910, completely revises the whole subject-matter covered by Sections 6926 toi 6956, General Code, inclusive, and is evidently intended as a substitute for these sections, and, therefore, repeals the same by implication.</p>