“In our system of government a written constitution is the highest expression of law. None other emanates directly from the sovereign people themselves.”
How later courts described this case
- “In our system of government a written constitution is the highest expression of law. None other emanates directly from the sovereign people themselves.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
Later courts went against this
Overruled on other grounds by In Re Todd, 208 Ind. 168 (1935)
59 N.E. 359, 361 (Ind. 1901), overruled on other grounds by In re Todd, 193 N.E. 865
The opinion
Hadley, J.,
concurring. I rest my concurrence in the result .upon the fact that the amendment involved in.this appeal did not receive a majority of the votes cast upon the subject of the amendments, and cast for and against amendment number one. ...
Jordan, J., dissents.