CINCINNATI PACKET COMPANY v. BAY

No. 174.

200 U.S. 179 (1906)

CINCINNATI, PORTSMOUTH, BIG SANDY AND POMEROY PACKET COMPANY v. BAY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ledyard Lincoln, with whom Mr. Julius L. Anderson was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., and Mr. Joseph S. Graydon for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action upon a contract, brought by the defendants in error to recover an instalment of money due by its terms. A judgment in their favor was sustained by the Supreme Court of the State, although the petition in error to that court set up that the contract was illegal under the act of Congress of July 2, 1890, c. 647, 26 Stat. 209. No opinion was delivered,...

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