New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
IN SUPREME COURT
y5NY DECISIONS DUE.
ToEccco Suit MOs' Important
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4 y-as;,;nc.on. Feh 1s,-when the Supreme
/. Cur; II the United States convenes on
,so,5av February q. a long list OF oe-
+ .,sso,,s s exnected by some OF the legal
nrofessior which has been following the
K ,-ooaasinrs ia the court TIE lawyers be
( I;eve that the court during its three weeks
Z ,scs+iar has erdeavored 10 dispose OF
! -,sn,- cazes in order that il may be as iiee
os ross;ble 20 consider this spring the
great questions Of the application OF me
sherman antitrust law TO corporations
fsnd zhe validity Of tl3e corporation 'aA i'o-
visions of the Payne tariff law
I. C,rersha6owing all others, the suit OF the
! .ro,-a,nr,,2rt against the American ~
hgcco Con,paay and others is the most I'M
: na-rant case under adviseInent pS me
court. II was argued several weeks aso
On account of the Standard OIL case 10 ee
argued March Ii. and lnVoiNins sliii'a'
Questions. IL Is believed that the decision III
the tohaSco case will not he announced
until after the STANDARD OIL suit has eeeh
heard
ono Of the most important laws, whose
validity has been questioned IN arguments
before the court is the hours OF serNice
law for railroad employees" passed ny Con
srcss in 7ee7. The railroads have attacked
gaEed in commerce within the state as wen
IS in interstate commerce. Il is said that
.l,s, law is of-en TO the same objection when
N-iped the employers liability law OF lS'
of the statutes a decision in this case
nay De announced on February II
Another suit which has attracted Jnuch
attention is that III which the government
IS seeking TO get possession Of property
amounting 10 lsearly s40e.0oe, in the hands
Of Oberl:n n. Carter. former captain III
the engineer corps Of the army. who WAS sep-
1cnced 20 prison for his alleged connecuoh
with schemes 10 defraud the government
our Of s. coo 600 intended for the improve
snent of the llarber at Savannah The
court has 1h., case under adyisement
= 4 Trio Of cases under consideration in
wolves the authority Of the federal officials
10 bring Theodore II Price. FREDERICK n
FeckIar.l and Noses Haas from their homes
in New York 10 the District Of Columbia
1el trial charges growing out OF the
-'.ctfol. leak scandal in the Department of
Agriculture in 1895.
Th- validity OF a large number OF state
laws is questioned in csses which the court
las heard argued, but ia which il has not
announced its decisions. Among these is the
aCt Of the Legislature of Minnesots increas-
suc 10 / per cent the rate Of The gross earn
iass tax Oh railroads in the state The
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
and The Great Northern Railway Company
have brought suits TO the Supreme Court,
declaring that as applied TO them the law
IS void because they possess charters which
. exempt them from paying higher rate
- 1lan ls specified II those charters.
From South Carolina have come a num-
her Of suits involving the validity of the
Ian which awards &c the complainant q
penalty If railroads refuse to adjust claim
Tor goods lost iH shipment within ninety
days.
one Arkansas suit involves the validity
Of the act OF the state Legislature requir-
- ing local corporations and foreign corpora
lions seeking TO do business there TO pay
:. fee proportionate 70 the capital stock of
the corporation.
Another suit attacks the validity cf the
arkansas law which authorizes the reroca-
zion Of the charter OF any foreign corpora
zion which removes a suit OF prosecution
brought ny any one against il in any court
" Tire stale 10 any federal court without
The consent Of the other party or which
institutes an original suit or proceedings
against any citizen OF Arkansas in any fed
oral court.
The validity of the regulations bf the
Railroad Commission Of Arkansas requir
ing railroads TO furnish ears for local ship
ments within five days after order has
been raised in another case under consid-
Grafton.
From Alabama comes q case which tests
the constitutionality OF the Law forbdding
The soliciting OF orders for enlargement of
photographs or selling picture frames with
out license, except in the case of mer-
chants or others having place OF bust
ness in the state. A suit brought 10 the
court from Georgia and which the court
has taken under consideration is one which
VIII determine Ue amount OF taxes the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company is
recUired 10 pay the state under the ex-
fsting laws.