St. Louis Consolidated Coal Co. v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. This was an action of assumpsit originally brought in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County by the people of the State of Illinois against the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, a corporation of Illinois, to recover the sum of $1818 for the fees of state mine inspectors for the inspection of certain coal mines located in Illinois, owned and operated by the defendant under “ An act providing for the health and safety…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. This was an action of assumpsit originally brought in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County by the people of the State of Illinois against the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, a corporation of Illinois, to recover the sum of $1818 for the fees of state mine inspectors for the inspection of certain coal mines located in Illinois, owned and operated by the defendant under “ An act providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines,” originally enacted May 28,1879, and the amendments thereto. The case was submitted to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The act of the general assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled an act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines, originally passed May 28, 1879, subsequently incorporated in the Revised Statutes of 1895, and amended in 1897, Hurd’s Statutes, 1897, p. 1088, c. 93, provides as printed in the margin. 1
The Supreme Court found that all the state questions involved in this case had been disposed of in Chicago, Wilmington & Vermilion &c. Coal Co. v. The People, 181 Ill. 270. It only remains for us to determine whether the validity of the state statute above cited was…
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