Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio Oil Co. v. Indiana
177 U.S. 212
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1900-04-09
- Topic
- general
Mr. Justice White delivered the opinion of the court. The defendant below was sued for the sum of certain penalties imposed by law for allowing gas to escape into the atmospheric air from an oil and gas well. The statute by which the penalties wrere imposed is the one we have considered and passed on in an opinion .this dajr delivered in Ohio Oil Co. v. Indiana, No. 84, of this term.
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delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant below was sued for the sum of certain penalties imposed by law for allowing gas to escape into the atmospheric air from an oil and gas well. The statute by which the penalties wrere imposed is the one we have considered and passed on in an opinion .this dajr delivered in Ohio Oil Co. v. Indiana, No. 84, of this term. The defendant demurred to the complaint, and when the demurrer was overruled answered. The answer alleged that the statute imposing the penalties was repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, on the same grounds which we have to-day disposed of in the case .referred to: From a judgment awarding the penalties,
Affirmed.