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U.S. Supreme Court
ST LOUIS, I M & S R CO v. VICKERS, 122 U.S. 360 (1887)
122 U.S. 360
ST. LOUIS, I. M. & S. RY. CO.v.
VICKERS.
May 27, 1887.
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John T. Dillon, for plaintiff in error.
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F. W. Compton, for defendant in error.
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WAITE, C. J.
This judgment is affirmed on the authority of Vicksburg & M. R. Co. v. Putnam, 118 U.S. 545 , 7 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1; Nudd v. Burrows, 91 U.S. 426 , 441; Indianapolis, etc., R. Co. 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 matter of fact.
