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STANDARD SCALE CO. v. FARRELL.

No. 228.

249 U.S. 571 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 380

63 L.Ed. 780

STANDARD COMPUTING SCALE COMPANY, LIMITED, v. FARRELL, AS STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 5, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herbert C. Smyth, with whom Mr. Frederic C. Scofield and Mr. Frederick W. Bisgood were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. Edward G. Griffin, Deputy Attorney General of the State of New York, with whom Mr. Charles D. Newton, Attorney General of the State of New York, was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

By the statutes of New York a sealer of weights and measures is appointed in every county and every city by the local authorities with the duty, among other things, to keep safely the standards and to seal and mark such weights as correspond with the standards in his possession. The statutes provide also for a State Superintendent of weights and measures with, among...

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