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PETIT v. MINNESOTA

No. 194.

177 U.S. 164 (1900)

PETIT v. MINNESOTA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph W. Molineaux for plaintiff in error. Mr. Albert E. Clarke filed a brief for same.

Mr. W.B. Douglas for defendant in error. Mr. C.W. Somerby was on his brief.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Petit was tried and convicted of keeping open a barber shop on Sunday for the purpose of cutting hair and shaving beards, contrary to section 6513 of the General Statutes of Minnesota for 1894, and the judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Minnesota. 74 Minn. 376. This writ of error was then allowed.

Section 6513 reads as follows: "All labor on Sunday is prohibited, excepting the works of...

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