Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. May 21,1891, by act No. 90 of that year, the general railroad law of the State of Michigan was amended by the legislature, a portion of the ninth section of which amendment reads as follows: “. . . Provided, further, That one thousand-mile tickets shall be kept for sale at the principal ticket offices of all railroad companies in this State or carrying on business partly within and partly without the limits of the State,…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. May 21,1891, by act No. 90 of that year, the general railroad law of the State of Michigan was amended by the legislature, a portion of the ninth section of which amendment reads as follows: “. . . Provided, further, That one thousand-mile tickets shall be kept for sale at the principal ticket offices of all railroad companies in this State or carrying on business partly within and partly without the limits of the State, at a price not exceeding twenty dollars in the Lower Peninsula and twenty-five dollars in the Upper Peninsula. Such one…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Peckham,
after, stating the. facts, delivered the opinion of the court.. The only subject of inquiry for us in this- case is whether the act of the legislature of the State of Michigan violates any provision of the Federal Constitution. "- It is not within our province to review the decision of the Supreme Court upon- the question whether the act violates- the constitution of the State.
The two questions of a Federal nature that are raised in the record are, (1) whether the-act violates-the Constitution of the United States by impairing the obligation of any contract between the…
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