Legal Opinion

Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 12, 1921No. 30Published

ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OP KENTUCKY. Error to a judgment of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky which affirmed a judgment of a court of first instance on a verdict directed for the defendant in an action for damages for breach of contract, brought by the plains tiff in error. While transportation is a part of commerce between the States, it is merely one of its elements.

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ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OP KENTUCKY. Error to a judgment of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky which affirmed a judgment of a court of first instance on a verdict directed for the defendant in an action for damages for breach of contract, brought by the plains tiff in error. While transportation is a part of commerce between the States, it is merely one of its elements. Either transportation or delivery may be the last of several steps in a transaction classed by this court as interstate commerce. In those cases where the seller goes into the buyer’s State and negotiates the…

1Opinion of the Court 1

257 U.S. 282 (1921)

DAHNKE-WALKER MILLING COMPANY

v.

BONDURANT.

No. 30.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued March 18, 1921.

Reargument June 6, 1921.

Reargued October 10, 1921.

Decided December 12, 1921.

ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

Mr. John C. Doolan, with whom Mr. Joseph E. Robbins, Mr. R.G. Robbins, Mr. Edmund F. Trabue, Mr. Thomas Kennedy Helm and Mr. James P. Helm, Jr., were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. M. Walton Hendry, for defendant in error, submitted. Mr. B.T. Davis and Mr. W.J. Webb were also on the briefs.

Restored to docket for reargument June 6, 1921.

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3Cases cited83 opinions

  1. F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  2. Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. Brown v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  4. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  5. Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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