Keokee Consolidated Coke Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE SUPBEME COUET OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIEGINIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of a statute of Virginia providing for method of payment of employés of certain industries, are stated in the opinion. The Virginia act is repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, nor is it a valid exercise of police power. The act is not constitutional; it does not embrace all of a class.
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EEEOE TO THE SUPBEME COUET OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIEGINIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of a statute of Virginia providing for method of payment of employés of certain industries, are stated in the opinion. The Virginia act is repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, nor is it a valid exercise of police power. The act is not constitutional; it does not embrace all of a class. The act is class legislation even though it should be held . to be a police regulation. If an act is repugnant to the Constitution, it is not saved by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are actions of assumpsit brought by the defendants in error upon orders signed by employés of the plaintiff in error and addressed to it, directing it to pay to bearer 'in merchandise only from your store,’ to the value specified. These orders were upon scrip issued by the plaintiff in error as an advance of monthly wages in payment for labor performed, and the only controversy between the parties arises from the refusal of the plaintiff in error to pay the indicated amounts in money. The facts were agreed, the Circuit Court gave judgment for the plaintiff and a writ of error was…
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