Woodson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Greenwood District. Styles T. Rowe, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. C. C. Woodson, the agent and manager of the Central Coal & Coke Company, a corporation engaged in the business of mining and selling coal in this state, was indicted for failing to weigh coal before it was screeened and pay for it according to the weight so ascertained.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Greenwood District. Styles T. Rowe, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. C. C. Woodson, the agent and manager of the Central Coal & Coke Company, a corporation engaged in the business of mining and selling coal in this state, was indicted for failing to weigh coal before it was screeened and pay for it according to the weight so ascertained. TJpon a trial of such charge in the circuit court, Woodson was convicted and fined $25. From this judgment he appealed. The act of April 10, 1899 (Acts 1899, p. 105) is unconstitutional. 51 S. W. 638; Const. Ark. art. 2, §§…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts). The only question that we are asked to determine on this appeal is whether the act of April 10, 1899, upon which the prosecution and judgment in this action are based, is a constitutional and valid statute. The first section of the act makes it “the duty of every corporation, company or person engaged in the business of mining and selling coal by weight or measure, and employing twenty or more persons, to procure and constantly keep on hand at the proper place the necessary scales and measures, and whatever 'else may be necessary, to correctly weigh and…
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