Wathen v. Jackson Oil & Refining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of certáin provisions of the ten-hour labor law of Mississippi and the right of a stockholder of a corporation to enjoin the corporation from complying with those provisions, are stated in the opinion. Chapter 157, Laws of Mississippi, 1912, unconstitutionally restrains the liberty of contract.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of certáin provisions of the ten-hour labor law of Mississippi and the right of a stockholder of a corporation to enjoin the corporation from complying with those provisions, are stated in the opinion. Chapter 157, Laws of Mississippi, 1912, unconstitutionally restrains the liberty of contract. Undue elevation of state police power at the expense of private constitutional right is a fundamental error. The State is without poWer to prohibit the making of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The appellant brought this suit in the District Court to restrain the Jackson Oil & Refining Company, its manager and officers, from complying with a statute of Mississippi prohibiting employment in described occupations for more than ten hours a day, except in cases of emergency or public necessity (Chapter 157, Laws of Mississippi, 1912, p. 165) and to enjoin the other defendants (certain, public' officers) from enforcing its provisions as against that company. ,
It was alleged in the bill, in substance, that the defendant corporation was engaged in operating a cotton seed oil mill of the…
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