United States Express Co. v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Howard Circuit Court; James F. Ellioit, Judge. Prosecution by tbe State of Indiana against the United States Express Company. From a judgment imposing a fine of $10 on defendant, it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.
This action was commenced before a justice of the peace'. Appellant was charged with a violation of the act of March 6, 1901 (Acts 1901, p. 97, §3312a Bums 1901). The act (omitting the enacting clause) is as follows: “That all express companies doing business within the State of Indiana shall deliver all express matter to all persons to whom the same is directed, living within the corporation limits of cities within the State having a population of twenty-five hundred or, more inhabitants, according to the last preceding United States census, and any express company failing to deliver such…
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