

KD STATES OF AMERICA, 



and extending taxation beyond the jur 



and 



Brown dfci 



lfr 



and 



an I held the Uw unconstitutional. 



.-The 



, m of BftrtM i:. Impaun , \- . i:. 



at to compel witnesses to pv- 



ipiiing comm court rtfnssd 



Ti 



^n 

 he lower cot 



00 fine, !i 





 Urn I? 



II of the ' Of the 



' IMNolui ':!ailieil ill 



the thirtreiith itinendnient to the Con-tit utioii. 

 tieiilnrlv with MI ra-ts with 



: . M:. 

 w:i- -< n!e!iced 



-' imprisonment 



. .1 c.. mi ill. ^ in 



Trust scandal at 'the time of the 

 It as contended that i 



:i HrJ. 



urt held that the 

 eOQStitut: 



anv allrpil improper coiuluct of Senators, and 

 -.. .- - -.-,:, ny, It held 



that reftual to testify was also an offense ap 

 the i -ness possessed the 



lonsJ power to enact a statute to com pel the 

 tttffrftw* of witnesses and to compel them to 

 make disclosures of evidence to enable the rcspeo- 

 liseham their 1< functions; 



and it was to effect this > t in < { u. 



: but this act did not constitute a dde- 

 of the |" ini-h for i-oiitempt. aJ 



allegation that the law was in violation ..f 

 the fifth amrmlment of the C..n-titution. which 

 no person ha)l U- subject for t In- 

 to be twice put in jeopardy of life or 

 limb, the conn said "it was .put- dear that the 

 contumacious witness b not subjected to jeopardy 

 twice for the same offense, since the same act may 

 be an offense against one jurisdiction and also 

 against another; and indictable statutory off- 

 may be punished as such while the may 

 like wise be subjected to ; for the game 

 acU at contempts, the two being capable of stand - 



TV /VsstfmT* I\nr*r to remove > -The 



of Lewb K. Parsons, Jr., r*. th 



-ion of the Court of 

 whether the Presi- 

 han the (tower to re- 

 mow before the eipiration of his term, an officer 



with the consent of th 



term fixed by law. Parsons was appointed by 

 Piesidtut Harrison, and confirmed by the Senate, 

 * !" -y for the North.-rn 



snd v .lUmiCnnd the law 



tbr term of off r years. He WH 



by Prasideai Cleveland before the expinit. i, f his 

 term, but declined to yield possession of hi- office 

 to the new appointee until an .,rd.- r was issued 

 from the t'nitnl Slates circuit court requiring him 

 10 *"!Ste l book, and pa|>er of the . 



lib ea UP to the end of hb termolTSffloo. The 

 cnurt held that the right of removal was an i 



east o ews . arsons, 

 was an appeal from the decisi 

 (laim*. It involved the point 

 dent, under the Con h 



.rnoval was an 

 ..f the ru 



**** / H-tatowit the advice and 



, -. ' . - . . , . , , 



the Irri.l .-1,1 (0 ^ 



move was hb: and that the designation of 

 years an the term "f A p { ..mtment was not designed 

 e a term that h'uld sn . 



Ult *hrrt : :h urm to that pe- 



riod. subject to the pleasure of the n; 



Bobertson m. Baldwin, rendered Jan. 25, 1897, b 



. 



It \\a> held that Congress hn.s the po\v<-r to , 

 upon jiistii--s of tip : ihe State- t) . 



thority to apprehen - seamen and return 



them 'to their vessel-, and that the constitutional 

 :ivoli,ntary M-rvitud. 



iij.pl. raots of seamanship. .IH 



led. 



'. The de.-i-i<-n in 

 f Loiii-iaiia held uncoiist it 11- 

 < which had t 



:i- a citi/.eliof the State of hi- ri^lit to 

 tr.u-t out-ide of the State for it. n his 



!i the State. While th.l 

 _'lllate the lm-illes> ,,f ; , ' 



lion within il> l>orders. the fundaniental ri^' 

 iheciti/i-n can not he interfered wit h. ' 



[fl t lie ri.^ht to make conl : 

 In Chicapi, Burlington and ( t Miinc\ 

 Company ML Chicago, decided March 1. 1^!)?, t he 

 court declared the potency <-f the fourteenth amend- 

 ment I- iv-train action l.y a State throii-h eit! 

 Icui-lat ive, ex ecu! i\c. or judicial department- w hich 

 dcjiri\e-a party of hi- property without ,|,,,. ,.,. 

 pi-n-ation. A judgment 



authori/ed ly -tatiite, wherehy private property i- 

 laken for pulilic use. without OOmpensatiOD ni;i 

 -ecnred to the owner, is wanting in the due process 

 of law required >y the fourteenth amendment. 



l\nll, ,<!>. de<-idcil March 1. 



1 S '.'7. i; wa- decided that the oleomargarine act of 

 Aug. 2, 188u. is on it- face an act for lev\in: ' 

 and the matter of de-i^nat in.u r the mark-, l.rands. 

 and stamp- i- left to the Commissioner of Internal 

 MIC with the approval of the > !' the 



ii-y. Tliis involves no unconstitutional dele- 

 pit ion of p. 



Forfeiture of Land Granfx. In Atlantic and 

 Pacific Railroad M, Min-us de-id.-d l-'d,. i:,. 

 the court sustained the validity of the act of 

 gressof -Inly (5. issfi, forfeiting a portion of a land 

 ^rant. It wa- held that Congress did not intend, l.y 

 itute- under which the company iv.emd it's 

 cjrant. to ve-t the land- absolutely in the company 



without a ri^ht to reacqnire them on failure of the 



oompany to comply with the conditions-. When the 



I'nit. horernmenl grants public lands upon 



condition -ul.-ecjuent it has the same ri^'ht : 

 enter, on breach of the condition, which a pi 

 grantor would have under the -ame circumstances, 

 which rii:ht i- to I.e ..\crci-ed ly leiri-lation. 



The case of I'nited Si. '> :iiona and St. 



IVter Railroad Company, decided on the -ame dale. 

 involved the construction of the ac- ess of 



March :?. 1 SS 7. pn.\ idin^r for the adju-tment of lam! 

 Kraut- made l,\ ,, aid in'i: . -tion 



of railroad-, and the act of March 'J. I"!M;. which 

 confirmed titles of bonn 1i<Ir purchasers and ex- 

 i time for lirinirin!: >'uit. 



The celchrated Ian ise of the Southern 



.nvolved nearly l.JKKI.fKHhicres of land and in- 



bly determined the title to more than :{.o<" 

 acre*. The lands j M southern California were those 

 frrantexl by C'on^ress in 18''.(i to aid in the corisinic- 

 tion <,f the Atlantic and Pacific 1,'ailroad. A- the 

 railroad .. Tucted the -rant was forfeited 



byactofConffresi in issr,. The Gorernment's claim 

 was upheld after a litigation which has been pend- 



are. 



ral imporlant case* were <]p<-\(]<;[ in the court 



from the Court of Private Land Claims. 



K, I'nited State- I-*. Sandoval. in which 



the opinion was rendered l,y Chief-Justice Fuller. 



