Adair v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of § 10 of the act of Congress, concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce (known as the Erdman Act), passed June 1, 1898, c. 370, 30 Stat. 424, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This case involves the constitutionality of certain provisions of the act of Congress of June 1, 1898, 30 Stat. -424, c. 370,-*167concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce and their employés.
By the first section of the act it is provided: “That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers and their officers, agents, and employés, except masters of vessels and seamen, as defined in section 4612, Revised Statutes -of the United States, engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water, for a…
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