St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Vickers
122 U.S. 360 | SCOTUS | 1887
ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY
v.
VICKERS.
Supreme Court of United States.
*361 Mr. John F. Dillon for plaintiff in error.
Mr. F.W. Compton for defendant in error submitted on his brief.
*363 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
This judgment is affirmed on the authority of Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Co. v. Putnam, 118 U.S. 545; Nudd v. Burrows, 91 U.S. 426, 441; Indianapolis, &c., Railroad v. Horst, 93 U.S. 291, 299. A state constitution cannot, any more than a state statute, prohibit the judges of the courts of the United States from charging juries with regard to matters of fact.
Affirmed.