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 J. F. McGee, for appellant:

The mere fact that the legislature has enacted a statute which operates to deprive appellant of his liberty and property, does not constitute “due process of law.” Within every theoretical definition of the constitutional guarantees that may be found in the text books aud every practical application of those guarantees that may be found in the reports, appellant has been deprived of his liberty and property without “due process of law.” Wilkinson v. Leland, 2 Pet. 657; Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch 137; Bank v. Okely, 4 Wheat. 235; Murry v. Hoboken, 18 How. 320; Cummings v. Missouri, 4 Wall. 277, 320; Yates v. Milwaukee, 10 Wall. 497; Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co., 13 Wall. 166; Bartemeyer v. Iowa, 18 Wall. 129; Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U. S. 714; Davidson v. New Orleans, 96 U. S. 97; Hurtado v. California, 110 U. S. 516; Butchers’ Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., 111 U. S. 652; Hagar v. Reclamation District, 111 U. S. 701; Barbier v. Connolly, 113 U.S. 37; Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U. S. 356; Dent v. West Virginia, 129 U.S. 114; Railroad Co. v. Minnesota, 134 U. S. 418; Railroad Co. v. Minnesota, 134 U. S. 467; Railroad Tax Cases, 13 Fed. Rep. 722; Santa Clara Tax Cases, 18 Fed. Rep. 398; State v. Walruff, 26 Fed. Rep. 178; Railroad Co. v. Dey, 35 Fed. Rep. 866; Railroad Co. v. Becker, 35 Fed. Rep. 883; Dorman v. State, 34 Ala. 216; Sadler v. Langham, 34 Ala. 311; Stoudenmire v. Brown, 48 Ala. 699; Zeigler v. Railroad Co., 58 Ala. 594; Railroad Co. v. Baldwin, 85 Ala. 619; Stevens v. Wood, 2 Ark. 291; Ex parte Hodges, 87 Cal. 162; Tift v. Griffin, 5 Ga. 185; Lane v. Dorman, 3 Scanimon (IIl.) 238; Railroad Co. v. People, 67 Ill. 11; Railroad Co. v. Lackey, 78 Ill. 55; Millett v. People, 117 Ill. 294; Board of Education v. Bakewell, 122 Ill. 339; Beebe v. State, 6 Ind. 501; Searcy v. Patriot, 79 Ind. 274; Towle v. Mann, 53 Iowa 42; Craig v. Fowler, 59 Iowa 200; Sunberg v. Babcock, 61 Iowa 601; Maish v. Littleton, 62 Iowa 105; Commonwealth v. Bacon, 13 Bush. 210; Varden v. Mount, 78 Ky. 86; City of Louisville v. Cochran, 82 Ky. 15; Saco v. Wentworth, 37 Me. 171; State v. Doherty, 60 Me. 504; Eames v. Savage, 77 Me. 212; Baltimore v. Rodeck, 49 Md. 217; In re Picquet, 5 Pick. 65; Jones v. Robbins, 8 Gray 329; Denny v. Mattoon, 2 Allen 361; Welch v. Stow-