HYER v. RICHMOND TRACTION COMPANY

No. 379.

168 U.S. 471 (1897)

HYER v. RICHMOND TRACTION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Stiles and Mr. Addison L. Holladay for Hyer.

Mr. W.W. Henry, Mr. Edmund Randolph Williams, Mr. S.D. Schmucker and Mr. George Whitelock for the Richmond Traction Company.


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

Two questions arise in this case: First, whether the contract sued on is, under the facts and circumstances disclosed in the bill, void as against public policy; and, if not, whether the case presented is one which calls for the interposition of a court of equity, or should be determined in a court of law.

In respect to the first question, it will be borne in mind that upon a demurrer...

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