Evening star., 1901-11-18
IN THE sgPREME COURT.
Hearing In the sNeeen-GaynOr Cases
Put Or Until Next week.


On motion Of Solicitor General Richards,
the United States SuHfeme Court today
agreed to postporf earring In the Green
and Gaynor cas& IHW Tuesday of next
week, on accounfS63 AlG death of the wife
of Attorney Rose Of Nv York, Mr.. Rose
being engaged for tKA9 defendants In the
case. But for the pos(ponement the case
would. have beeasrsaeaed on the decket
next Wednesday ysa "a 80 -
A FamoH sf Case.
The famous Ind apca case Of the Con-
necticut Mutual 4a4hsetsnce-Co company
against sa1lfe 6n@was brought
briefyt to the attafIe ne United States
SupreMe Court 81 hant ttons1y= At
torney Iaham conGak sthe, fling Of the
record IN the case -
The suit has been before the court for
many years and involves a claim on a pol
icy issued to one Jahn ": Hillmon, who
resided in the state Of Kansas and disap-
peared some twenty, years ago, his friends
claiming that he had died. When claim
was made for payment upon his policies,
which had been issued by three different
insurance companies. payment was refused
on the plea of fraud the claim being made
that the body of another man had been
substituted for that of ,Hillmon. Two Of
the insurance companies have made settle
ment with ,Hillmon- heirs, but the Conneoti-
cut company still holds the case in court.
The record In the case is said to cover
more than 1000 printed pages, and thou
litigation. The amount involved is s1l O34.
stamps onaBilas of LadinR,
Justice Harlan handed down the opinion
Of the court in the. case Of Dinsmore
against the Southern Express Company,
coming to the court on a writ of certiorari
from the circuit court of appeals for the
fifth circuit. The case involved the re-
quirement Of the express company that
shippers should themselves aff1x the reve-
nue. stamps on bills Of lading which were
made necessary under the war revenue act
OF 1885, The case originated in Georgia,
where complaint was made before the state
railroad commission on account of the ex-
press company's stamp regulation. That
commission made an order requiring the
express company to supply the stamps, with
which the company. expressed willingness
to comply. Mr.. ~Dinsmore being a stock
holder In the express company brought suit
TO en1o1n the company. The circuit court
of appeals decided against him, and he
brought the case into the Supreme Court
Justice Harlan's opinion affirmed that of
the circuit court, largely on the ground that
the amendatory act of the last session of
Congress had repealed the stamp tax on
bills Of lading of express companies.
Exemption From Taxation.
An opinion was rendered in the case of the
1u1l anu SIllp 1Sfdllu- railway Company
against George P. Hughes, tax collector
in Mississippi, the opinion being delivered
by Justice Brown. The case went to the
Supreme Court from the supreme court of
the state Of Mississippi. and the proceeding
was instituted for the purpose of enjoining
the collection of taxes levied upon the rail-
road company. The railroad company was
Incorporated In 1882, and its charter con-
tained provision exempting 1t from taxa
ton for twenty years. The state courts,
however, held that this charter was repeal
able and that 1t actually was repealed by
the adoption by the state Of the annotated
code which was accepted by the state in
1892. The decisionsef the state court made
the question a. IocaI and not federal
question in the opinion Rf the United States
Supreme Court, and ib9aauses of this view
the opinion handed down'today affirmed the
decision of the snprel4e court ..of Missis-
sippi. The effect tst 4toio hold the railroad
company responsible ton taxes regardless
of the exemption ioh Its charter, The court
also held that thefrailrsRd company could
not claim immunity from taxation on the
ground that its prapertHwas OF privileged
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