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BARNITZ v. BEVERLY

No. 863.

163 U.S. 118 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 1042

41 L.Ed. 93

BARNITZ, v. BEVERLY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.M. Valentine, Mr. A.A. Godard, Mr. Leonard S. Ferry and Mr. Thomas F. Doran for plaintiff in error.

Mr. E.A. McMath and Mr. William J. Scott for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

No provision of the Constitution of the United States has received more frequent consideration by this court than that which provides that no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. This very frequency would appear to have rendered it difficult to apply the result of the court's deliberations to new cases differing somewhat in their facts from those previously considered...

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