Mestas V. Diamond Coal & Coke Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
On reserved questions from District Court, Uinta County, Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. The facts and questions are stated in the opinion. The sole question presented in this cause concerns the validity of the so-called Lord Campbell’s act of this State. It is conceded that there was a valid act in the statutes of the Territory of Wyoming, up to the time the territory became-a state.
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On reserved questions from District Court, Uinta County, Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. The facts and questions are stated in the opinion. The sole question presented in this cause concerns the validity of the so-called Lord Campbell’s act of this State. It is conceded that there was a valid act in the statutes of the Territory of Wyoming, up to the time the territory became-a state. It is contended, however, by defendant, that when the constitution took effect it nullified the entire Lord Campbell’s act of the territory, because the provision of the act, limiting the damages recoverable to five…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
This case requires a consideration of the following reserved questions:
First — Was Section 3448 of the Revised Statutes of 1899 a valid and subsisting statute, and in force and effect as the law of the State on the 25th da)' of February, 1901, and is said statute in any way in conflict with the constitution of the State ?
Second — Was Section 3449 of the Revised Statutes of 1899 a valid and subsisting statute, and in force and effect as the law of the State on the 25th day of February, 1901, and is said statute in any way in conflict with the constitution of the State?
Third —…
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