Wight v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

The single question presented by this appeal is whether chapter 399 of the Acts of 1906, codified as sections 11 to 17 inclusive of article 8 of the Code of P. G. L. of Md., conflicts with any provision of the State or Federal Constitution, and that question arises in this way:

On duly 30th, 1923, the Baltimore and Ohio> Eailroad Company owed Wm. L. Miller, one of its employees, $21.50 in earned wages and on that day Miller offered to sell and assign his claim for that amount to the appellants in this case for $20. They accepted his offer and he accordingly assigned the claim to them, and they…