ST. MARY'S FRANSCO-AMERICAN PETROLEUM CO. v. WEST VIRGINIA

No. 98.

203 U.S. 183 (1906)

ST. MARY'S FRANCO-AMERICAN PETROLEUM COMPANY v. WEST VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 3, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.E. Chilton, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Clarke W. May, Attorney General of the State of West Virginia, for defendant in error.


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

It is argued that the act of February 22, 1905, is invalid under the Fourteenth Amendment, in that it deprives the company of liberty of contract and property without due process of law, and denies it the equal protection of the laws. But in view of repeated decisions of this court, the contention is without merit. The State...

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