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Kenny v. Supreme Lodge of the World, 252 U.S. 411 (1920)
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Kenny v. Supreme Lodge of the World, 252 U.S. 411 (1920)
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Kenny v. Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose Nos. 269 , 303 Argued March 23, 1920 Decided April 19, 1920 252 U.S. 411
CERTIORARI AND ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
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A statute denying jurisdiction to the courts of Illinois in actions for damages occasioned by death occurring in another state in consequence of wrongful conduct was construed by the supreme court of the state as applying equally to an action on a sister-state judgment founded on such a cause of action. Held that, so applied, it contravened the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution. P. 414.
The law of Alabama, which gives a right of action in that state for death by wrongful act, cannot, by its declaration that such actions may not be maintained elsewhere, affect the right to enforce by action in another state a judgment recovered on such a cause of action in Alabama. P. 415.
A judgment of a state supreme court giving a meaning and effect to a statute of the state which brings it in conflict with the federal Constitution is reviewable by writ of error. P. 416.
285 Illinois, 188, reversed; writ of certiorari dismissed.
THE case is stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Kenny v. Supreme Lodge of the World, 252 U.S. 411 (1920) in 252 U.S. 411 252 U.S. 413. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QIBRSAVCEF3QMTS.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Kenny v. Supreme Lodge of the World, 252 U.S. 411 (1920), in 252 U.S. 411, page 252 U.S. 413. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QIBRSAVCEF3QMTS.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Kenny v. Supreme Lodge of the World, 252 U.S. 411 (1920). cited in 1920, 252 U.S. 411, pp.252 U.S. 413. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QIBRSAVCEF3QMTS.
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