St Louis Ry Co v. Vickers
| Citation | 30 L.Ed. 1161,7 S.Ct. 1216,122 U.S. 360 |
| Parties | ST. LOUIS, I. M. & S. RY. CO. v. VICKERS |
| Decision Date | 27 May 1887 |
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
John T. Dillon, for plaintiff in error.
[Argument of Counsel from page 361-362 intentionally omitted] F. W. Compton, for defendant in error.
This judgment is affirmed on the authority of Vicksburg & M. R. Co. v. Putnam, 118 U. S. 545, 7 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1; Nudd v. Burrows, 91 U. S. 426, 441; Indianapolis, etc., R. Co. v. Horst, 93 U. S. 291, 299. A state constitution cannot, any more than a state statute, prohibit the judges of the courts of the United States from charging juries with regard to matter of fact.
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