State v. Rogers

Citations

• 13 Cal. 159

Syllabus

<p>The Constitution is not a grant of power or an enabling act to the Legislature. It is a limitation on the general powers of a legislative character, and restrains only so far as the restriction appears, either by express terms or by necessary inference.</p> <p>The Act of April 19th, 1856, permitting non-z-esident aliens to inherit real and personal estate, is constitutional.</p> <p>The Constitution (Art. I, Sec. 17,) gives the bona fide resident alien cei'tain rights, which may be enlarged, but cannot be abridged by the Legislature.</p>