United States v. Craig
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan
On Demurrer to Declaration. This was a.n action of debt to recover a penalty of $1,000 for the importation of a foreign laborer, in violation of the act of congress of February 26, 1885, prohibiting the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States.
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On Demurrer to Declaration. This was a.n action of debt to recover a penalty of $1,000 for the importation of a foreign laborer, in violation of the act of congress of February 26, 1885, prohibiting the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States. The declaration averred, in substance, that on the first day of March 1886, at Point Levi, in the province of Quebec, the defendant, being a citizen of tiie United States, entered into an express parol contract with one Joseph Morin, an alien, by which the defendant agreed that…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This demurrer raises the single, question of the constitutionality of what is known as the “Assisted Immigration Act,” of February 26, 1885, the third section of which enacts “that, for every violation of any of the provisions of section one of this act, the person, partnership, company, or corporation violating the same, by knowingly assisting, encouraging, or soliciting the migration or importation of any alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners, into the United States,” etc., “to perform labor or service of any kind, under contractor agreement,express or implied, parol or special, with…
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