Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. Turnipseed
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OP MISSISSIPPI. • The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of certain provisions of the Code and of the constitution of the State of Mississippi, are stated in the opinion. Section 3559, Annotated Code, as now construed by the Supreme Court of Mississippi, violates the Fourteenth Amendment in that it denies to railroad corporations the equal protection of the laws.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OP MISSISSIPPI. • The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of certain provisions of the Code and of the constitution of the State of Mississippi, are stated in the opinion. Section 3559, Annotated Code, as now construed by the Supreme Court of Mississippi, violates the Fourteenth Amendment in that it denies to railroad corporations the equal protection of the laws. Said section is constitutional as construed by that court in Ballard v. Cotton Oil Co, 81 Mississippi, 507, and Bradford…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
This was an action in tort for the wrongful killing of Ray Hicks, a section foreman in the service of the railroad company. There was a judgment for the plaintiff in a circuit court of the State of Mississippi, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State.. The Federal questions asserted, which are supposed to give this court jurisdiction to review the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State, arise out of the alleged repugnancy of §§ 3559 and 1985 of the Mississippi Code to that clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution which guarantees to- every person the equal…
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