Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Schmidt
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OE APPEALS OP THE STATE OP KENTUCKY. The three corporations directly or indirectly involved in this controversy are the Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad Company, the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway Company and the Louisville and Nashvilie Railroad Company. In order to abbreviate we shall refer to them respectively as the Cumberland' and Ohio, the Cincinnati and Lexington and the Louisville and Nashville.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE APPEALS OP THE STATE OP KENTUCKY. The three corporations directly or indirectly involved in this controversy are the Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad Company, the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway Company and the Louisville and Nashvilie Railroad Company. In order to abbreviate we shall refer to them respectively as the Cumberland' and Ohio, the Cincinnati and Lexington and the Louisville and Nashville. On July 2,1879, the Cumberland and Ohio mortgaged its road to secure its certain negotiable bonds. On July 28, 1879, the Cumberland and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
It is no longer open to contention that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States does not control mere forms of procedure in state courts or regulate practice therein. All its requirements are complied with, provided in the proceedings which are claimed not to have been due process of law the person condemned has had sufficient notice and adequate opportunity has been afforded him to defend. Iowa Central Railway v. Iowa, 160 U. S. 389; Wilson v. North Carolina, 169 U. S. 586.
The claim of the plaintiff in error (the Louisville and Nashville)…
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