Knocked It Out

KNOCKED IT OUT

The Smith Family Mileage Case in the Supreme Court

Congressman Henry C. Smith has lost his family mileage case in the United States supreme court. This is the case concerning which he made much political capital during the last campaign. The supreme court through Justice Peckham decided the Michigan law requiring railroads to issue 1,000 mile family mileage tickets was in volatiion of that provsion of the federal constitution which forbids the taking of property without due process of law. The court holds that the law is a discrimination in favor of married men. The decision was not unanimous, Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Gray and McKenna dissenting.