Delmar Jockey Club v. Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The plaintiff in error was organized as a corporation under the laws of the State of Missouri on January 18, 1901, for the following purposes stated in its articles of association: “The purposes for which this corporation is formed are to encoürage and promote agriculture and the improvement of stock, particularly running, trotting and pacing horses, by giving exhibitions of agricultural products and exhibitions of…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The plaintiff in error was organized as a corporation under the laws of the State of Missouri on January 18, 1901, for the following purposes stated in its articles of association: “The purposes for which this corporation is formed are to encoürage and promote agriculture and the improvement of stock, particularly running, trotting and pacing horses, by giving exhibitions of agricultural products and exhibitions of contests of speed and races between horses, for premiums,, purses and other awards and otherwise; to establish and maintain…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Soon after the filing of the record in this court the Attorney General of Missouri submitted a motion to dismiss the writ of error or to affirm, and the determination of the motion was postponed until the hearing on the merits. The cause having been argued, the motion to dismiss or affirm must now be disposed of.
We are of opinion that the' record does not present any Federal question and that the motion to dismiss must be granted.
The Supreme Court of Missouri, in the opinion delivered by it on the rehearing, considered three propositions: First, the effect of the general denial contained in…
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