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MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD v. POWERS

No. 397.

201 U.S. 245 (1906)

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. POWERS, AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 2, 1906.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lloyd W. Bowers, Mr. O.E. Butterfield and Mr. Benton Hanchett, with whom Mr. A.C. Angell, Mr. Henry Russell and Mr. Ashley Pond were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Charles A. Blair, Mr. Roger Irving Wyckes and Mr. Loyal E. Knappen, with whom Mr. John E. Bird, Attorney General of the State of Michigan, and Mr. Charles E. Townsend were on the brief, for appellee.

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

The unconstitutionality of a statute may depend upon its conflict with the constitution of the State or with that of the United States. If conflict with the state constitution is the sole ground of attack, the Supreme Court of the State is the final authority, Merchants' Bank v. ...

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