State v. Sherman
Wyoming Supreme Court
ON RESERVED QUESTIONS from the District Court, Laramie County; Hon. RODERICK N. Matson, Judge. An information was filed in the District Court against Ethelyn Margaret Sherman, charging that on March 29, 1909, she did wilfully and unlawfully arrange for the receipt of interest at a rate greater than 25 per cent, per annum upon a loan of $25. Upon the hearing of a demurrer to the information, the cause was ordered sent to the Supreme Court for its decision upon certain…
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ON RESERVED QUESTIONS from the District Court, Laramie County; Hon. RODERICK N. Matson, Judge. An information was filed in the District Court against Ethelyn Margaret Sherman, charging that on March 29, 1909, she did wilfully and unlawfully arrange for the receipt of interest at a rate greater than 25 per cent, per annum upon a loan of $25. Upon the hearing of a demurrer to the information, the cause was ordered sent to the Supreme Court for its decision upon certain reserved questions, involving the constitutionality of the statute under which the information was filed. The questions are…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chief Justice.
This case is here from the District Court of Laramie County upon the following reserved constitutional questions :
First. Is Chapter 135 of Session Laws of 1909, being “An act to prevent extortion in relation to small, loans, *174making such extortion a misdemeanor, and providing penalties therefor, and for other purposes,” unconstitutional as being contrary to Article 14 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, in that it denies to certain citizens the equal protection of the law?
Second. Is said Chapter 135 of the Session Laws of 1909 contrary and…
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