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Santa Fe Central Ry. Co. Vs. Friday
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-23-1914
Santa Fe Central Ry. Co. v. Friday - 232 U.S. 694 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Santa Fe Central Ry. Co. v. Friday, 232 U.S. 694 (1914) Santa Fe Central Ry. Co. v. Friday No. 230 Submitted March 5, 1914 Decided March 23, 1914 232 U.S. 694 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO Syllabus A statute of a territory cannot withdraw from the courts established by the United States authority expressly conferred upon them by Congress by the Organic Act and other statute. The City of Panama, 101 U. S. 453 . The District Court of the United States for New Mexico has jurisdiction of a case arising under the Employers' Liability Act of 1906. This Court will not decide against the local understanding as expressed by the decisions of the Supreme Court of a Territory in construing a jurisdictional statute affecting a matter of local concern unless those decisions are clearly wrong. Phoenix Ry. Co. v. Landis, 231 U. S. 57 . 16 N.M. 434 affirmed. The facts, which inv...
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Ry. Co. Vs. West
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-23-1914
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. v. West - 232 U.S. 682 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. v. West, 232 U.S. 682 (1914) Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company v. West No. 696 Motion to dismiss or affirm Submitted January 5, 1914 Decided March 23, 1914 232 U.S. 682 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Syllabus Whether the injured person was or was not an employee of the railway company causing the injury is a question of fact, and if there is a finding supported by the record that he was not, this Court cannot review the judgment of the state court under 237, Judicial Code, as being invalid because the case was not tried under the Employers' Liability Act. St. Louis & Iron Mtn. Ry. v. McWhirter, 229 U. S. 265 ; St. Louis & San Francisco Ry. v. Seale, 229 U. S. 156 , distinguished. The decision of the state court, based on substantial ground, being that the injured person was the employee of the express company, and not the ra...
Riley Vs. Massachusetts
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-23-1914
Riley v. Massachusetts - 232 U.S. 671 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Riley v. Massachusetts, 232 U.S. 671 (1914) Riley v. Massachusetts No. 228 Argued March 4, 5, 1914 Decided March 23, 1914 232 U.S. 671 ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS Syllabus A state statute limiting the hours of labor in factories for women, if otherwise valid, is not unconstitutional as depriving the employer or employee of property without due process of law by limiting the right to buy and sell labor and infringing the liberty of contract in that respect. Muller v. Oregon, 208 U. S. 412 . It being competent for the state to restrict the hours of employment of a class of laborers, it is also competent for the state to provide administrative means against evasion of such restrictions. C., B. & Q. Ry. v. McGuire, 219 U. S. 549 . The wisdom and legality of the means adopted by the legislature to enforce proper restrictions on employment of labor cannot be judged by extreme ins...
Schuyler Vs. Littlefield
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-23-1914
Schuyler v. Littlefield - 232 U.S. 707 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Schuyler v. Littlefield, 232 U.S. 707 (1914) Schuyler v. Littlefield No. 213 Argued January 29, 1914 Decided March 23, 1914 232 U.S. 707 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus Where one has deposited trust funds in his individual bank account and the mingled fund is at any time wholly depleted, the trust fund is thereby dissipated and cannot be treated as reappearing in sums subsequently deposited to the credit of the same account. One seeking to charge a fund in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of all creditors as being the proceeds of his property and therefore a special trust fund for him, has the burden of proof, and if he is unable Page 232 U. S. 708 to identify the fund as representing the proceeds of his property, his claim must fail, as all doubt must be resolved in favor of the trustee, who represents all creditors. 193 F. 24 affirmed. The facts, which invo...
Eberle Vs. Michigan
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-23-1914
Eberle v. Michigan - 232 U.S. 700 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Eberle v. Michigan, 232 U.S. 700 (1914) Eberle v. Michigan No. 164 Argued January 16, 19, 1914 Decided March 23, 1914 232 U.S. 700 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN Syllabus The validity of a local option law adopted after amendments is not affected by the fact that the amendments are subsequently declared to be unconstitutional. Unconstitutional amendments to a constitutional statute are mere nullities. Whether the adoption by a district of a local option statute is affected by the subsequent determination by the courts that certain features of the act were unconstitutional, and is for the state court to determine. On writ of error under 237, Judicial Code, this Court cannot inquire Page 232 U. S. 701 into motives or arguments which influenced electors to vote for or against a measure, or reverse the action of the state court on the ground that the electors voted under misapprehension. A s...
Curriden Vs. Middleton
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-16-1914
Curriden v. Middleton - 232 U.S. 633 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Curriden v. Middleton, 232 U.S. 633 (1914) Curriden v. Middleton No. 152 Submitted March 4, 1914 Decided March 16, 1914 232 U.S. 633 APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Syllabus The proper remedy for damage caused by fraud and deception is an action at law. Buzard v. Houston, 119 U. S. 347 . Mere complication of facts alone and difficulty of proof are not a basis for equity jurisdiction. United States v. Bitter Root Development Co., 200 U. S. 451 . An action in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia commenced on the equity side of the court cannot be transferred to the law side of that court under Equity Rule 22. That rule has no application. 37 App.D.C. 568 affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion. Page 232 U. S. 635 MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a bill in equity against the defendant Middleton and two others not served, to which...
People Vs. Ramos
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-16-1914
People v. Ramos - 232 U.S. 627 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court People v. Ramos, 232 U.S. 627 (1914) People v. Ramos No. 390 Submitted February 25, 1914 Decided March 16, 1914 232 U.S. 627 ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO Syllabus Immunity of sovereignty from suit without consent does not permit the sovereign to reverse the action invoked by it so that it may come in and go out of court at will without the right of the other party to resist either step. While Porto Rico may not in ordinary actions be sued without its consent, a voluntary appearance after due consideration and request to be made a party by the Attorney General on the ground of interest in the controversy amounts to a consent, and thereafter Porto Rico cannot object to the jurisdiction on account of its immunity as a sovereign. Porto Rico v. Rosaly, 227 U. S. 270 , distinguished. Page 232 U. S. 628 Where the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico had jurisdiction of a...
Grant Brothers Construction Co. Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-16-1914
Grant Brothers Construction Co. v. United States - 232 U.S. 647 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Grant Brothers Construction Co. v. United States, 232 U.S. 647 (1914) Grant Brothers Construction Co. v. United States No. 182 Argued January 21, 22, 1914 Decided March 16, 1914 232 U.S. 647 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA Syllabus Errors alleged to have been committed by the trial court which do not involve anything fundamental or jurisdictional must be regarded as waived if they were not presented to the Supreme Court of the Territory. An action by the United States to recover penalties under the Alien Contract Labor Law is civil and attended with the usual incidents of a civil action. United States v. Regan, ante, p. 232 U. S. 37 . Where an action for penalties was tried on the theory that the defendant Page 232 U. S. 648 was not liable unless the violations were knowingly committed and the jury returns a verdict against the defendant after being charg...
Garland Vs. Washington
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-16-1914
Garland v. Washington - 232 U.S. 642 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Garland v. Washington, 232 U.S. 642 (1914) Garland v. Washington No. 226 Submitted January 29, 1914 Decided March 16, 1914 232 U.S. 642 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON Syllabus Due process of law does not require the state to adopt any particular form of procedure in criminal trials, so long as the accused has had sufficient notice of the accusation and adequate opportunity to defend. Rogers v. Peck, 199 U. S. 425 . The want of a formal arraignment to a second information of the same offense does not deprive the accused of any substantial right, and where the course of the trial, otherwise fair, was not in any manner affected to his prejudice, there is no denial of due process of law. Technical objections, originating in the early period of English history when the accused was entitled to but few rights, are passing away and should not be allowed as to unimportant formalities where the...
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. Co. Vs. Kennedy
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-16-1914
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. v. Kennedy - 232 U.S. 626 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. v. Kennedy, 232 U.S. 626 (1914) Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company v. Kennedy No. 246 Submitted March 9, 1914 Decided March 16, 1914 232 U.S. 626 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Syllabus Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. v. Polt, ante, p. 232 U. S. 165 , followed to the effect that the statute of South Dakota of 1907, c. 215, making railroad companies liable for double damages in case of failure to pay a claim or offer a sum equal to what the jury finds the claimant entitled to, is unconstitutional under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 28 S.D. 94 reversed. The facts are stated in the opinion. Page 232 U. S. 627 Memorandum opinion by direction of the Court by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE: The ground upon which it is asserted in this case that the statute of the State of South Dakota, upo...
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