State v. Ferschke

Citations

• 25 Del. 477
• 2 Boyce 477
• 81 A. 401
• 1911 Del. LEXIS 68

Syllabus

<p>1. Partnership — Registration of Members — Constitutionality.</p> <p>The act providing for the registration of persons composing partnerships and associations is not an unreasonable exercise of the police power.</p> <p>2. Partnership — Registration of Members — Statutory Provisions— Constitutionality.</p> <p>The act providing for registration of persons composing partnerships and. associations does not violate the rights guaranteed under the Constitution respecting private property.</p> <p>3. Statutes — Partial Invalidity — Title—Sufficiency.</p> <p>Under Const, art. 2, § 16, providing that bills generally shall not embrace more than one subject, to be expressed in the title, the act entitled “An act providing for the registration of persons composing partnerships and associations” (25 Del. Laws, c. 146) is unconstitutional, so far as it relates to the registration of individuals who are not members of partnerships or associations.</p> <p>4. Constitutional Law — Construction—Validity.</p> <p>All reasonable doubts and presumptions are to be solved in favor of the validity of a statute.</p>