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State v. Clark

Citations

  • 43 Wash. 664
  • 86 P. 1067
  • 1906 Wash. LEXIS 766

Syllabus

<p>Statute — Subject and Titles — Chimes. The title to Laws 1890, page 128, “an act for the protection of builders,” is unconstitutional as misleading where the subject of the act is the punishment of any person supplying labor or material for any purpose who collects the price upon falsely representing that it has been paid íot.</p> <p>Same — Title—Ambiguity. ' An act entitled, “an act for the protection of builders” is too ambiguous and indefinite to serve any purpose, and is unconstitutional for failure to express the subject of the act.</p>

Judges: Rudkin

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