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St. Louis, Iron MountaIn and Southern Ry. Co. Vs. Edwards
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. Co. v. Edwards - 227 U.S. 265 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. Co. v. Edwards, 227 U.S. 265 (1913) St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company v. Edwards No. 12 Submitted January 20, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 265 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS Syllabus Action by Congress on a subject within its domain under the commerce clause of the Constitution results in excluding the states from acting on that subject. As applied to interstate shipments, the state cannot now impose penalties for delay in delivery to consignee, as Congress has acted on that subject by the passage of the Hepburn Act. Chicago, R.I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Hardwick Elevator Co., 226 U. S. 426 . The so-called Demurrage Statute of 1907 of Arkansas requiring railroad companies to give notice to consignees of arrival of shipments and penalizing them for noncompliance is an unconstitutional interfere...
Harris Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
Harris v. United States - 227 U.S. 340 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court Harris v. United States, 227 U.S. 340 (1913) Harris v. United States No. 602 Argued January 7, 8, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 340 ERROR AND CERTIORARI TO CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Hoke v. United States, ante, p. 227 U. S. 308 , followed to effect that the White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 is constitutional. Bennett v. United States, ante, p. 227 U. S. 333 , followed to effect that variances between the indictment and proof which did not prejudice defendants as to names of women transported for immoral purposes in violation of the White Slave Traffic Act are not fatal. The point of variance between indictment and proof relied on in this case not having been made in the trial court or circuit court of appeals, comes too late when made in this Court. 194 F. 634 affirmed. The facts, which involve the constitutionality and construction of the White Slave Act and the...
Winfree Vs. Northern Pacific Ry. Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
Winfree v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co. - 227 U.S. 296 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court Winfree v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co., 227 U.S. 296 (1913) Winfree v. Northern Pacific Railway Company No. 139 Submitted January 23, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 296 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus While there are exceptions, especially in the case of remedial statutes, the general rule is that statutes are addressed to the future, and not to the past, and, in the absence of explicit words to that effect, statutes are not retroactive in their application. The Employers' Liability Act of 1908 introduced a new policy and radically changed existing law, and will not be construed as a remedial statute having retrospective effect. An action brought under the Employers' Liability Act of 1908 by the personal representative of the person who was killed prior to the passage of the act cannot be sustained as stating a cause of action under the law of the state ...
Cordova Vs. Folgueras Y Rijos
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
Cordova v. Folgueras y Rijos - 227 U.S. 375 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court Cordova v. Folgueras y Rijos, 227 U.S. 375 (1913) Cordova v. Folgueras y Rijos Nos. 141, 160 Argued January 23, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 375 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF PORTO RICO Syllabus During the lifetime of the ancestor, no heir has a vested right to inherit from him, and heirs only have such rights of inheritance as are given to them by the laws in force at their ancestor's death. It is not an interference with vested rights to prescribe the mode of procedure, or the time within which to enforce them, provided reasonable time be given therefor. Under the laws of Porto Rico, while Law Eleven of Toro as to effect of acts of recognition of rights of natural children may be in force, the provisions of 133 and 137 of the Code of 1902 must be complied with in order to enforce such rights, and this applies to persons whose alleged parent died prior to the enactment of the Code. Decis...
James Vs. Stone and Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
James v. Stone & Co. - 227 U.S. 410 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court James v. Stone & Co., 227 U.S. 410 (1913) James v. Stone & Company No. 142 Submitted January 23, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 410 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Under the Bankruptcy Act, the only appeal from a judgment granting or refusing a discharge is from the Bankruptcy Court to the Circuit Court of Appeals. There is no appeal from the circuit court of appeals to this Court. Appeal from 181 F. 476 dismissed. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this Court of appeals from orders granting or refusing discharges in bankruptcy proceedings, are stated in the opinion. MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, affirming the judgment of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, refusing to grant a discharge in b...
Troxell Vs. Delaware, L. and W. R. Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
Troxell v. Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. - 227 U.S. 434 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court Troxell v. Delaware, L. & W. R. Co., 227 U.S. 434 (1913) Troxell v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company No. 854 Argued January 14, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 434 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus Where the second suit is upon the same cause of action set up in the first suit, an estoppel by judgment arises in respect to every matter offered or received in evidence or which might have been offered to sustain or defeat the claim in controversy; but where the second suit is upon a different claim or demand, the prior judgment operates as an estoppel only as to matters in issue or points controverted and actually determined in the original suit. To work an estoppel, the first proceeding and judgment must be a bar to the second one because it is a matter already adjudicated between the parties, and there must be identity of parties in the two ...
Bradley Vs. Richmond
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
Bradley v. Richmond - 227 U.S. 477 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court Bradley v. Richmond, 227 U.S. 477 (1913) Bradley v. Richmond No. 38 Submitted November 6, 1912 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 477 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATES OF VIRGINIA Syllabus A privilege tax may perform the double function of regulating the business under the police power and of producing revenue if authorized by the law of the state. Under the Fourteenth Amendment, neither the state nor its municipality can confer or exercise arbitrary power in classifying for purpose of regulating, licensing, or taxing. Whether the power of classifying be exercised by the state directly or by the municipality, it is the exercise of legislative discretion and subject to the guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment. The power of the state to determine what occupations shall be subject to license and tax is subject to no limitations save those of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fo...
Matheson Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
Matheson v. United States - 227 U.S. 540 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court Matheson v. United States, 227 U.S. 540 (1913) Matheson v. United States No. 148 Submitted January 24, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 540 ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FOURTH DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA Syllabus Where the jurisdiction is coextensive with the district, multiplication of places at which courts may be held or mere creation of divisions does not nullify it. Barrett v. United States, 169 U. S. 231 . Jurors summoned by the district judge in Alaska before the Act of March 3, 1909, creating a Fourth Division, became effective, to attend the first term of the court in that division when the act did become effective, held properly summoned, as the act did not create a new tribunal or revoke the power of the district judges to summon jurors to attend at any session of the court. It is the duty of the judge to determine whether nonexperts are qualified ...
Supreme Ruling of Fraternal Mystic Circle Vs. Snyder
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
Supreme Ruling of Fraternal Mystic Circle v. Snyder - 227 U.S. 497 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Ruling of Fraternal Mystic Circle v. Snyder, 227 U.S. 497 (1913) Supreme Ruling of the Fraternal Mystic Circle v. Snyder No. 4 Submitted December 16, 1912 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 497 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE Syllabus The state is entitled at all time to prevent the perversion of its legal machinery, and may require that it be availed of only bona fide. To impose a penalty on those who unsuccessfully and not in good faith defend their liability on contracts does not violate the obligation of the contract. Quaere whether the state could impose such a penalty as to prior contracts as a mere consequence of unsuccessful defense. This Court will not construe a state statute as including that which it expressly excludes on the ground that the statute's practical effect will be to include cases which are so excluded therefrom. A state stat...
New York Central and H. R. R. Co. Vs. Hudson County
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1913
New York Central & H. R. R. Co. v. Hudson County - 227 U.S. 248 (1913) U.S. Supreme Court New York Central & H. R. R. Co. v. Hudson County, 227 U.S. 248 (1913) New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company v. Hudson County No. 50 Argued November 13, 1912 Decided February 24, 1913 227 U.S. 248 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY Syllabus Congress, by passing the Act to Regulate Commerce, has taken control of interstate railroads, and, having expressly included ferries used in connection therewith, has destroyed the power of the states to regulate such ferries. Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania, 114 U. S. 196 , distinguished. Quaere whether Covington Bridge Co. v. Kentucky, 154 U. S. 204 , overruled Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania, 114 U. S. 196 . An assertion of power by Congress over a subject within its domain must be treated as coterminous with its authority over the subject, and leaves no element of the subject to control of the ...
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