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ADAMS EXPRESS CO. v. KENTUCKY

No. 144.

214 U.S. 218 (1909)

ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, with whom Mr. Joseph S. Graydon was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

No counsel appeared for defendant in error.

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

The jurisdiction of this court is not open to dispute. Defendant contended that the Kentucky statute as applied to the transportation of liquor from State to State was in conflict with the section of the Federal Constitution vesting jurisdiction in Congress over interstate commerce. This...

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