FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 381.

187 U.S. 315 (1902)

FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 1, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L.H. Poole for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Crandal Mackey for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The principal assignments of error are reducible to these contentions: (1) The court had no power to enact the rule; (2) that the rule was invalid, in that it deprived defendants of due process of law and the right of trial by jury, in contravention of the Constitution of the United States and "the mode of proof of trial" prescribed by Revised Statutes, sec. 861 et seq...

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