State v. Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
CONSTITUTIONAL Questions certified to the Supreme Court under Pub. Stat. E. I. cap. 220, §§ 1-9.
1Opinion of the CourtEogees, J.
In this case constitutional questions were certified to the Supreme Court under Pub. Stat. E. I. cap. 220, §§ 1-9, by the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District. In the District Court complaint was brought charging’ the defendant with' violating the provisions of Pub. Laws E. I. cap. 918, of March 4, 1891, known as the “ Weekly Payment Law,” and upon the examination thereon the defendant moved.that the complaint be quashed and dismissed because said chapter was unconstitutional and void, being in conflict with the constitution of the United States, especially with art. 5 and art. 14,…
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