The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-05-01
Supreme Court Decisions.

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ln Adam, Expre,, Company v
Commonwealth OF Kentucky, the
United States supreme Court takes
The position that an agreement by a
loca agent of an express company To
hold for few days G.. o. ID. inter
Stale shipment of Intoxicating liquors,
Co suit Inconvenience OF the consignee
900 paying for such liquors, and taking
itaaay doe, not destroy the character
of the transaction a. interstate COM
merce. so AS TO render the express COM
pany amenahle 10 prosecution for
violating a state local option law.
The validity of the Missouri Statute
which excludes suicide as q defense in
suit, on life insurance policies unless
such suicide was contemplated at the
time application was made for the pol
les. B., upheld by the United States
Supreme Court in Whitfield " Had
ley. 10 was suggested that the statute
"mereiy encourages suicide, and offers
a bounty therefor, payable, not out Of
the public funds of the state, but out
Of The funds Of the insurance COM
pany" But the court says that an i'm
surauce company is not bound to
make a contract which is attended by
the results indicated by the statute.
lfit does business al all in the state,
it must DO so subject 10 such valid
regulation, us the state may choose 10
adopt a most unusual insurance
question was decided in the case Of y.
y. Life Insurance Company v. Chit
tenden s. person holding policies Of
insurance with plaintiff company dis
appeared and Was not heard of for sew
eral years thereafter. After seven
years had elapsed an administrator
was appointed, who threatened 70
bring suit ON the policies if they were
not paid The policies were finally
paid. subsequently the missing per
son reappeared The defendant
brought an action against the admins
traitor 90 recover the proceeds Of the
policies. The court held the decision
10 Doe re, adjudicaia ON the question Of
the death Of The insured and liability
Of defendant
a person huil4ing a fire on his own
premises, which spread TO and destroy
ella quantity Of wool piled on the
sides Of the highway adjacent 10 the
premises, was held by the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts in King Ne
Norcru,s, Co be liable therefor, not
wiihsianding the fact that plaintiffs
u-ei part of the road for such purpo-e,
This cousiiiuiing4ut a reasonable use
thereof which ihe owner had a right
o. exercise.
To- Ellington b. Miller. the supreme
Count Of New jersey held that an or
diuauce iorDidiing roller skating on
The street was valid. II was contend
ed that Obi, ordinance would interfere
with skating a. a means OF travel, but
The court held that this was not the
Intention of The city authorities. and
% right Co Use the street for mere
sport existed, % was subject TO muni- I
cilal control
mat ever recurring question, wheth- /
er recovery may be had under an M
sumnce policy for death 10y suicide,
vas again adjudicaied upon IN Davis /
" Supreme Council Royal Arcanum, /
Plaintiff contended that insured could f.
not depr,ethc beneficiary Of his rights F.
by misconduct after the issuance of the I
policy. bat the Massachusetts Supre-
me Court held that the original con-
1rac, implicitly excepted suicide a.
cau,eoi loss, notwithstanding no men,
ton of 10 was made in the certificate.
Defendant duly licensed practi-
cling physician. Was prosecuted for Is
suing Prescriptions for liquor in local
option territory. Evidence showed
That all ailments received the same
prescription. which called for liquor,
aud aefe flied AZ "a certain bar. On
the theory tiai it showed system or
intent, the state was allowed, in
Meaiherflrd y state, To show a NUM-
Der of Prescriptions besides the one ON
which the information was based