§ 776. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision
or part of this article or the application thereof to any person, firm
or corporation, or circumstance, shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall
be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,
subdivision, or part of this article; or in its application to the
person, firm or corporation, or circumstance, directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.