...doubt. A reasonable doubt must be sol ved in favor of the legislative action, and the act be sustained. "The question whether a law be void for its repugnancy...of its station could it be unmindful of the solemn obligation which that station imposes; hut it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that...

...adopt the language of Chief Justice Marshall in Fletcher v. Peck (1), "The question," he [380] says, " whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the constitution...which ought seldom, if ever, to be decided in the affirma'ive in a doubtful case. The Court, when impelled by duty to render such a judgment, •would...

...to be enlarged by construction. Ihighes v. Murdock, 45" La. Ann. 935. The question whether a law is void for its repugnancy to the Constitution is at...be decided in the affirmative in a doubtful case. Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 128, 3 L. ed. 175. Bartch, J., delivered the opinion of the court; This...

...In Fletcher v. Peach, 6 Cranch, 128, Chief Justice Marshall says: "The question whether the law is void for its repugnancy to the constitution is at...be decided in the affirmative in a doubtful case." Feeling satisfied that the law in question does not contravene either sec. 2 of article 12, or sec....

...v. Cunning/win. 20 Gratt. 31 ; Homestead Cases, 22 Gratt. 236. The question, says the chief justice, whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the constitution,...duty to render such a judgment, would be unworthy nnd Void. t — The act of the general assembly approved 208 APril 2> 1873> entitled "An »act to amend...

...He announces the doctrine in that case that when the question for consideration before the court was "whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the Constitution,...decided in the affirmative in a doubtful case * * * The opposition between the Constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong...

...palpable. In the language of Judge Marshall, the question whether a law be void for its repugnancy to thp constitution is at all times a question of much delicacy,...decided in the affirmative in a doubtful case. The opposition between the constitution and the law should be such, that the judge feels a strong and clear...

...arising under the constitutional provision forming the subject of this note, whether a law be void for repugnancy to the Constitution, Is at all times a...of Its station could it be unmindful of the solemn obligation which that station Imposes. But It Is not on slight Implication and vague conjecture that...

...of the great Chief Justice Marshall, when he declared that the question whether a law be void from its repugnancy to the constitution is at all times...be decided in the affirmative in a doubtful case. And he stated in Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 128, 3 L. ed. 162, that "the opposition between the constitution...

...passion or prejudice. In an opinion he says: " The question whether a law be void for its repugnance to the Constitution is at all times a question of...be decided in the affirmative in a doubtful case. But the court, when impelled by duty tion could it be unmindful of the solemn obligations which that...