Legal Opinion

Marin v. Augedahl

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 20, 1918No. 227PublishedCited by 67 opinions

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF CASS COUNTY, STATE OP NORTH DAKOTA. The case is stated in the opinion. The decision of the court below, based purely on the construction of the constitution and statutes of Minnesota, in the absence of any settled construction by the courts of that State duly pleaded, raises no federal question.

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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF CASS COUNTY, STATE OP NORTH DAKOTA. The case is stated in the opinion. The decision of the court below, based purely on the construction of the constitution and statutes of Minnesota, in the absence of any settled construction by the courts of that State duly pleaded, raises no federal question. Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Melton, 218 U. S. 36. In holding that the company was in the manufacturing business, in the sense of the Minnesota constitution, the court below but decided a question of local law, not reviewable here (Stone v. Southern Illinois…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter

This was an action at law in North Dakota by a receiver of an insolvent Minnesota corporation to enforce against one of its stockholders an order of a Minnesota court laying an assessment on the stockholders generally. The defendant prevailed because the North Dakota court was of opinion that the order laying the assessment was made in the absence of such jurisdiction as was essential to bind him, 32 N. Dak. 536; and the question for decision here is whether that court gave to the laws and proceedings in Minnesota the full faith and credit to which they are entitled under the Constitution and…

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Thompson v. WhitmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Cooper v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Fauntleroy v. LumSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Sanger v. UptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875

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3Cited by67 opinions

  1. Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Johnson v. Manhattan Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. Pennsylvania v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Marchant v. Mead-Morrison Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
  5. Atlas Life Insurance v. W. I. Southern, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939

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