ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY v. OHIO STATE AUDITOR

No. 337.

165 U.S. 194 (1897)

ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY v. OHIO STATE AUDITOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 1, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., for the express companies. (Mr. Clarence A. Seward for the Adams Express Company; Mr. James C. Carter for the American Express Company; and Mr. Frank H. Platt for the United States Express Company were on his brief.)

Mr. Thomas McDougall for appellees. Mr. F.S. Monnett, Attorney General of the State of Ohio, was on his brief.

Mr. John K. Richards for appellees. Mr. F.S. Monnett, Attorney General of the State of Ohio, and Mr. John L. Lott, Assistant Attorney General of that State, were on his brief.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

No difference material to the determination of the controversy exists between the cases, and as matter of convenience the statement refers to the amended act and the records in Nos. 398, 399 and 400.

The contention that the act in question is invalid because repugnant to the constitution...

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