The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-18
COURT UPHOLDS LAW.
ANTI-BLACKLISTIN LAW is CON-
ST4TUTIONAL, SAYS JUSTICE
LEWIS
DECISION AN IMPORTANT ONE
Supreme Court Files Many Opinions
-WOmam's VIII Is Not Revoked
by Her Subsequent
Marriage.

The state supreme court yesterday
handed down decisions, the most import
ant of which was one declaring the
anti-blacklisting law constitutional. SO
rules Justice Lewis in the case of Alfred
Scheffer, of the firm of Scheffer & Ros-
sum. Mr.. Scheffer was accused by VIII
liam Harvey, a former employee of the
firm, with having blacklisted him and
prevented him from securing employment
elsewhere, by writing a letter 10 another
firm, the import of which, it was claimed
was to discredit Harvey. The defendant
was fined $50 in the municipal court, but
took the case to the supreme court on
writ OF habeas corpus for the purpose of
testing the constitutionality of the law.
Justice Lewis up-holds the law, greatly
to the satisfaction of the attorney-gen-
erals office, and to the especial delight of
the commissioner of labor. Justice Lewis
holds that an employee not under contract
may leave a position when he desires, and
that If the employer writes letter to
some other employer with the intention
OF preventing the man from securing a
new position he is liable to prosecution
Justice Start holds that 1.-THE will of
woman is not revoked by her subse-
quent marriage" in the case of Jonn
Kelly against Clara Stevenson ct al
Kelly claimed an estate of $1,000 left by
his wife TO relatives under a will made
before he married her on the ground that
her marriage made the will null and void
Justice Collins reversed Judge Kely's
decision in the case of 1.-The Lumberman's
Insurance company and others against the
city of ST. f aul involving the payment
of money in condemnation proceedings to
secure property for the East Seventh
street culvert, over Phalen creek. The
case was once before in the supreme court
and remanded for a new trial
A -
favor of William Fezzler VS. the VIII
mar & Sioux Falls Railway company is
reversed by Justice Lewis Fezzler's 10
year-old son was walking on the railroad
tracks. He stepped aside for a freight
train, but ran alongside, catching onto
the cars. He stumbled and fell. The
wheels passed over one foot, crushing it.
The supreme court holds that neither he
nor the father could recover damages
under the circumstances.
In State ex rel, w. B. Douglas, attor-
ney general relator, appellant, VS.. School
District No. 106, Dakota county, quo war
ranto proceedings in an effort to declare
the organization of the district invalid,
the court holds that inasmuch as the
organization of the district had been
recognized as valid by the state, in loan
ing it $500 with which to build a school
house, the organization cannot be dis
solved in quo warranto proceedings. Da-
kota county district court affirmed.
The syllabi as follows:
State of Minnesota ex. rel, Alfred Schef-
fer, relator, VS.. Philip G. Justus, as
sheriff of the County of Ramsey, State
of Minnesota, respondent.
Chapter ia Laws 1895 Excluding con-
sideration of section three is not in con-
f1ict with section 2, article 1, section Y,
article 4, and sections 80 and "a, article 4,
of the state constitution, nor the four
teenth amendment of the federal con-
stitution. Writ quashed; relator remand
ed. Lewis, J.