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SHEVLIN-CARPENTER CO. v. MINNESOTA

No. 139.

218 U.S. 57 (1910)

SHEVLIN-CARPENTER COMPANY v. STATE OF MINNESOTA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, with whom Mr. N.H. Clapp, Mr. R.J. Powell and Mr. George W. Morgan were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George T. Simpson, Attorney-General of the State of Minnesota, with whom Mr. Charles S. Jelley and Mr. Lyndon A. Smith were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the consideration of the validity under the Constitution of the United States of the imposition of double damages under an act of the State of Minnesota for a "casual and involuntary trespass," made by cutting or assisting to cut timber upon the lands of the State. The act is set out in the margin.1

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