D. E. Foote & Co. v. Stanley
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE COUET OF .APPEALS OF THE STATE OF ' MAEYLAND, The plaintiffs are engaged in packing oysters taken . from the waters of Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey and shipped to Baltimore where they are inspected under the provisions of the Maryland Oyster Law. This comprehensive statute contains 82 sections, one of which (§ 69) provides for the appointment of 20 special inspectors, to be paid $45 per month each, during the season.
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EEEOE TO THE COUET OF .APPEALS OF THE STATE OF ' MAEYLAND, The plaintiffs are engaged in packing oysters taken . from the waters of Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey and shipped to Baltimore where they are inspected under the provisions of the Maryland Oyster Law. This comprehensive statute contains 82 sections, one of which (§ 69) provides for the appointment of 20 special inspectors, to be paid $45 per month each, during the season. They are required to inspect all oysters in the district to which they are assigned and to give a certificate to buyer and seller in substantially the following…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamae
The plaintiffs are engaged in the business of packing oysters in the City of Baltimore, and, during the season of 1910-11 purchased 736,000 bushels, of which 494,000 bushels were taken from the waters of the State of Maryland, 228,000 from the waters of the State of Virginia, and 14,118 from the State of New Jersey. These oysters were inspected in Baltimore by officers appointed under the provisions of the Maryland statute, which fixed, an inspection fee of one cent per bushel to be paid, one-half by the seller and one-half by the buyer. The plaintiffs having refused to pay the inspection…
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