LAYTON v. MISSOURI

No. 69.

187 U.S. 356 (1902)

LAYTON v. MISSOURI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 22, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Silas H. Strawn and Mr. James L. Blair for plaintiff in error. Mr. James H. Seddon and Mr. Stanley Stoner were with them on the brief.

Mr. E.C. Crow, attorney general of the State of Missouri, for defendant in error.


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

While it appears from the proceedings on the trial and the grounds assigned for the motion for new trial that the unconstitutionality of the act was relied on in defence, the record does not show that it was contended in the trial court that the act was in contravention of the Constitution of the United States; and it is settled that the objection in the state courts...

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