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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. v. HUMES

115 U.S. 512 (1885)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HUMES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1885.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.B. Browne [Mr. A.T. Britton and Mr. Thomas J. Portis were with him on the brief] for plaintiff in error.

The court declined to hear argument for defendant in error. Mr. George P. Jackson, appeared for the defendant in error, and Mr. T.K. Skinner filed a brief for same.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language reported above, he continued:

The ruling below on the objections to the validity of the statute of Missouri, so far as they are founded on its asserted conflict with the Constitution of that State, is not open to review here. As the case comes from a State court, our jurisdiction is limited...

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