Adams Express Co. v. Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OP THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. On February 17, 1904, a grand jury returned into the Circuit Court of Laurel County, Kentucky, an indictment against Joe Newland -and the Adams Express, Company, charging that “ thg said Joe Newland and the Adams Express Company, the latter being a partnership engaged in and carrying on the business of a common carrier of packages, goods, wares and merchandise, by the method known as express . . . did in Laurel County,…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OP THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. On February 17, 1904, a grand jury returned into the Circuit Court of Laurel County, Kentucky, an indictment against Joe Newland -and the Adams Express, Company, charging that “ thg said Joe Newland and the Adams Express Company, the latter being a partnership engaged in and carrying on the business of a common carrier of packages, goods, wares and merchandise, by the method known as express . . . did in Laurel County, Kentucky, on the seventeénth day of February, 1904, unlawfully and willfully carry for and deliver to George Meece a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The testimony showed that the package, containing a gallon of whiskey, was shipped from Cincinnati, Ohio, to George Meece, at East Bernstadt, Kentucky. The transaction was therefore one of interstate commerce, and within the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress. The Kentucky statute is obviously an attempt to regulate such interstate commerce. This is hardly questioned by the Court of Appeals, and is beyond dispute under the decisions of this court.
In Vance v. Vandercook Company (No. 1), 170 U. S. 438, 444, Mr. Justice White, delivering the opinion of the court, said:
“Equally well established…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rhodes v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Heyman v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Peoples Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Palmer v. Southern Express Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
- Kirmeyer v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Rosenberger v. Pacific Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Adams Express Co. v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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