Legal Opinion

State v. Peel Splint Coal Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 1892PublishedCited by 52 opinions

cited — Bill of Bights sec. 1; Id. sec. 10; 33 W. Va. 179; Id. 148; Id. 188; 98 N. Y 114; Id. 106; 109 N. Y. 389; Id. 398; 113- Pa. St. 431; 117 Ill. 2941 Id. 302 ; 85 Cal. 274; 28 N. E. Bep. No. 22; Const. (U. S.) Am. 14; 129 LT. S. 26, 28; 118 U. S. 394; 125 ü. S. 181; 117 N. Y. 20; Id. 1; Id. 15; 97 Ill. 608; 13 Ped. Rep. 744; 48 Midi. 140-147 ; 18 Gray 239; 81 Ky. 593'; 1 Beach Corp. § 40; 56 Md. 79; Id. 240; Code (1891) c. 59, 8.17; 12 Mo.

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cited — Bill of Bights sec. 1; Id. sec. 10; 33 W. Va. 179; Id. 148; Id. 188; 98 N. Y 114; Id. 106; 109 N. Y. 389; Id. 398; 113- Pa. St. 431; 117 Ill. 2941 Id. 302 ; 85 Cal. 274; 28 N. E. Bep. No. 22; Const. (U. S.) Am. 14; 129 LT. S. 26, 28; 118 U. S. 394; 125 ü. S. 181; 117 N. Y. 20; Id. 1; Id. 15; 97 Ill. 608; 13 Ped. Rep. 744; 48 Midi. 140-147 ; 18 Gray 239; 81 Ky. 593'; 1 Beach Corp. § 40; 56 Md. 79; Id. 240; Code (1891) c. 59, 8.17; 12 Mo. App. 214; 127 M. S. 678; 114 Pa. St. 265; 107 IJ. S. 38; 21 W. Ya. 334; Cool. Const. Lim. 177-180 ; 2Yerg. 554; 16 Pick. 121; 109 Mass. 315; 111 IJ.…

1Opinion of the Court

Lucas, PRESIDENT:

These cases come before ns on judgments of the Circuit Court of Kanawha county pronounced in them in June, 1891, wherein the Peel Splint Coal Company was defendant, and the State of West Virginia was proscutor, upon indictments under chapters 76 and 82 respectively of the Acts of the Legislature of 1891. Those acts are as follows:

“An act in relation to the payment of laborer’s wages in anything other than lawful money, and in relation to the rates of goods and supplies to laborers by their employers at excessive prices. (Passed March 7, 1891.)
“Be it enacted b.y the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
  3. Dent v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  4. Thurlow v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1847
  5. Beer Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. McLean v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. McGuire v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  3. Farley v. GraneyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Leep v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
  5. Commonwealth v. StraussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906

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