Court Opinion

ID: 9868219
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-26 18:24:21.147023+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:48.099600
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Fraser:
I dissent.
I cannot see how this act can be constitutional. Fight counties are exempt from its operation. “Provided that this act shall not apply to the counties of Sumter,” etc. The named counties are entirely exempt from its operation. It cannot be successfully held that we may strike out the unconstitutional proviso and leave the act there, so that the act applies to the whole state. It cannot operate in Abbe-ville County, because the statute specifically says it shall not. No reason has been suggested for a difference in the recording laws.
It seems to me that, as to the $520.34, the appellant should be protected.
Mr. Justice Cothran concurs.