St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Vickers
Supreme Court of the United States
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Vickers, 122 U.S. 360 (1887)
7 S. Ct. 1216; 30 L. Ed. 1161; 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2114
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Vickers
Opinion
delivered the opinión of the court. .
This judgment' is affirmed on the authority of Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Co. v. Putnam, 118 U. S. 545; Nudd v. Burrows, 91 U. S. 426, 441; Indianapolis, &c., Railroa d v. Horst, 93 U. S. 291, 299. A state constitution cannot, any more than a state statute, prohibit the judges of the courts of the United States from charging juries with regard to matters of fact.
Affirmed.
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- A state constitution cannot prohibit judges of the courts of the United States from charging juries with regard to matters of fact.