Kenney v. Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI AND ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion. The matter sought to be reviewed in this court can only be considered upon writ of certiorari, and not by writ of error." Philadelphia & Reading C. & I. Co. v. Gilbert, 245 U. S. 162; Bruce v. Tobin, 245 U. S. 18; Ireland v. Woods, 246 U. S. 327; Northern Pacific Ry.
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CERTIORARI AND ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion. The matter sought to be reviewed in this court can only be considered upon writ of certiorari, and not by writ of error." Philadelphia & Reading C. & I. Co. v. Gilbert, 245 U. S. 162; Bruce v. Tobin, 245 U. S. 18; Ireland v. Woods, 246 U. S. 327; Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. Solum, 247 U. S. 477. The writ of certiorari should be dismissed because the application was not timely submitted under the rules of this court a^d the statutes of the United States. A. state court is free to determine…
1Opinion of the Court
Mu. Justice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of debt brought in Illinois-upon a' judgment recovered in Alabama. The defendant pleaded to the jurisdiction that the judgment was for negligently-causing the. death of the plaintiff’s intestate in Alabama. The plaintiff demurred to the plea, setting up Article IY, §§ 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the United States. A statute of Illinois provided that no action should be brought or prosecuted in that State for damages occasioned by death occurring in another State in consequence of wrongful conduct. The Supreme Court of…
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