Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was adopted by the House of Representatives on April 15,1895, and thereupon transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme' Judicial Court, who, on May 6, 1895, returned the opinion which is subjoined.
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The following order was adopted by the House of Representatives on April 15,1895, and thereupon transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme' Judicial Court, who, on May 6, 1895, returned the opinion which is subjoined. Ordered, that the-Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be required to give their opinion to the House of Representatives upon the following important question of law: Is it within the constitutional power of the Legislature to extend the application of the present law, relative to the weekly payment of wages by corporations, to private individuals and partnerships, as provided…
1Opinion of the Court
To the Honorable the House of Eepresentatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
We, the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, received, on the 20th ultimo, your resolution, a copy of which is annexed, and in reply we respectfully submit the following opinion.
Your question implies that in your opinion the present law relating to the weekly payment of wages by certain corporations to their employees is constitutional, and your inquiry is whether it is within the constitutional power of the Legislature to extend the law to private individuals and to partnerships.
We are not informed of the…
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