Source: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/232/236/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 04:41:39+00:00

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This Court has always recognized the difficulty of satisfactorily defining the term "due process of law" in general terms applicable to all cases and the desirability of judicial determination in each case as the question arises. Davidson v. New Orleans, 96 U. S. 97.
Law, in its regular course of administration through courts of justice, is due process, and, when secured by the law of the state, the constitutional requirement is satisfied. Leeper v. Texas, 139 U. S. 462.
and disposes of them against the contention of the plaintiff in error. There is no repudiation of the position of both parties that questions were raised under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and we think the court may be fairly taken to have regarded such questions as duly before it for consideration. Where a state court holds that a federal question is made before it, according to its practice, and proceeds to determine it, this Court will regard the question as duly made. San Jose Land & Water Co. v. San Jose Ranch Co., 189 U. S. 177, 189 U. S. 179-180; Haire v. Rice, 204 U. S. 291, 204 U. S. 299; Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 207 U. S. 142, 207 U. S. 148; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. v. Sowers, 213 U. S. 55, 213 U. S. 62.
support the conclusion upon the federal question that gives this Court the right of review. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Albers Commission Co., 223 U. S. 573, 223 U. S. 591; Creswill v. Knights of Pythias, 225 U. S. 246, 225 U. S. 261; Southern Pacific Co. v. Schuyler, 227 U. S. 601, 227 U. S. 611; Portland Ry. Co. v. Oregon R. Comm'n, 229 U. S. 397, 229 U. S. 411-412.
This language was quoted with approval in Iowa Central Ry. Co. v. Iowa, 160 U. S. 389, 160 U. S. 393.
This has been the rule of law applied to a similar situation in the courts of other states. Gregory v. Ford, 14 Cal. 138; Stites v. Knapp, Ga.Dec. pt. 2, p. 36; Taylor v. Lewis, 25 Ky. 400; Gardner v. Jenkins, 14 Md. 58; Smoot v. Judd, 184 Mo. 508; Johnson v. Jones, 2 Neb. 126; Wardsboro v. Whitingham, 45 Vt. 450; Preston v. Kindrick, 94 Va. 760. And see in this connection Walker v. Robbins, 14 How. 584, 55 U. S. 585; Knox County v. Harshman, 133 U. S. 152, 133 U. S. 156.

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