James Stewart & Co. v. Sadrakula

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the Supreme Court of New York awarding damages for accidental death; As. .a statute of the state necessarily was sustained against a . contention that its application to these circumstances violated the provisions of the Constitution as to the exclusive authority of the United States over a post-office site purchased with the consent of New York, 1 this Court has jurisdiction under § 237 (a) of the Judicial Code and the Act of January 31, 1928.

The issue of law involved is whether an existing provision of a state statute- requiring the protection of…