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LEE v. STATE

No. A-8484.

352 S.W.2d 724 (1962)

M. W. LEE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 3, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Kee & Thomas, Angleton, for petitioner.

Will Wilson, Atty. Gen., J. Arthur Sandlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe G. Davis, Huntsville, for respondent.

NORVELL, Justice.

The controlling question in this case relates to the constitutionality of that portion of Senate Bill No. 317 of the Acts of the Regular Session of the 56th Legislature (Acts 1959, ch. 201, p. 472) which purports to authorize the Texas Board of Corrections to condemn certain lands in Brazoria County, Texas. The caption of the Act reads as follows:

"An Act concerning State prison lands in Brazoria County; and declaring an emergency."

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