Scott v. Donald
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Ik the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, in February, 1895, two suits at law were brought.by James Donald against J. M. Scott,.and one by Donald against Gardner etc., wherein plaintiff sought to recover damages caused by the action of the defendants, who wpre state constables of the State of South Carolina, in seizing and carrying away several packages of…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Ik the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, in February, 1895, two suits at law were brought.by James Donald against J. M. Scott,.and one by Donald against Gardner etc., wherein plaintiff sought to recover damages caused by the action of the defendants, who wpre state constables of the State of South Carolina, in seizing and carrying away several packages of wines and liquors belonging to the plaintiffs, and, at the time'of the seizure, in the possession of railroad companies…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
The records in these cases present the question of the validity, under the Constitution of the United States/ of the act of the general assembly of the State of South. Carolina, approved January 2, 1895, generally known as the state dispensary law, and a copy of which is in the margin.1
*67A preliminary question is raised by the proposition that these are in fact suits against.the.State of South Carolina, and forbidden by the Eleventh Amendment. This question is *68sufficiently disposed of by referring to the late case of In re-Tyler, 149 U. S. 164, where the conclusion of numerous previous cases…
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