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MISSISSIPPI EX REL. ROBERTSON v. MILLER

No. 206.

276 U.S. 174 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 266

72 L.Ed. 517

MISSISSIPPI EX REL. ROBERTSON v. MILLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stokes V. Robertson, with whom Mr. Thos. H. Johnston was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Messrs. Marion W. Reily and J.H. Sumrall were on the brief for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The record presents for decision the question whether as applied in this case, c. 170, Laws 1924, amending § 7068 of Hemmingway's Annotated Code of Mississippi contravenes the clause of § 10 of Art. 1 of the Constitution which declares that no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts.

The suit was brought by the State in the Circuit...

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