Swanson v. School District No. 15

Citations

• 109 Wash. 652
• 187 P. 386
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 950

Syllabus

<p>Statutes (25)—Subjects and Titles—Schools and School Districts. Laws 1917, p. 332, providing that no action shall be maintained against school districts relating to specified matters, bears a direct relation to the title, “An act relating to actions against school districts”; and the generality of the title is not a valid objection to it.</p> <p>Same (9)—Effect of Partial Invalidity. The provision of laws 1917, p. 332, forbidding certain actions against school district officers is severable from that part of the act forbidding actions against school districts; so that failure of the title of the act to include officers does not affect the constitutionality of the balance of the act relating to school districts.</p> <p>Constitutional Law (102)—Class Legislation—Remedies—Liability of School Districts. Laws 1917, p. 332, providing that no action shall be maintained against school districts relating to specified matters is not open to the objection of being class legislation; since it covers all school districts in the state.</p> <p>Statutes (34)—Enactment—Amendment oe Independent Act. Laws 1917, p. 332, changing the law relating to certain actions against school districts, being a complete and independent act without reference to prior laws on the subject, does not offend against Const., art. 2, § 37, providing that no act shall be revised or amended by reference to its title but the revised act shall be set forth in full.</p> <p>Statutes (41)—Implied Repeals. While repeals by implication are not favored, the later of two irreconcilable acts must prevail.</p> <p>Constitutional Law (39)—Judicial Powers—Severity oe Law. The courts cannot declare a law unconstitutional because of its severity, if it meets constitutional requirements in other respects.</p>