The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Part 205

[761] Ownbey _v._ Morgan, 256 U.S. 94, 112 (1921). Thus, the Fourteenth Amendment does not constrain the States to accept modern doctrines of equity, or adopt a combined system of law and equity procedure, or dispense with all necessity for form and method in pleading, or give untrammeled liberty to make amendments.

[762] Cohen _v._ Beneficial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).

[763] Young Co. _v._ McNeal-Edwards Co., 283 U.S. 398 (1931); Adam _v._ Saenger, 303 U.S. 59 (1938).

[764] Jones _v._ Union Guano Co., 264 U.S. 171 (1924).

[765] York _v._ Texas, 137 U.S. 15 (1890); Kauffman _v._ Wooters, 138 U.S. 285, 287 (1891).

[766] Grant Timber & Mfg. Co. _v._ Gray, 236 U.S. 133 (1915).

[767] Ownbey _v._ Morgan, 256 U.S. 94, 111 (1921).--Consistently, with due process, a State may provide that the doctrines of contributory negligence, a.s.sumption of risk, and fellow servant shall not bar recovery in actions brought against an employer for death or injury resulting from dangerous machinery improperly safeguarded. A person having no vested right to the defense of contributory negligence, a State may take it away altogether, or may provide that said defense, as well as that of a.s.sumption of risk, are questions of fact to be left to the jury.--Bowersock _v._ Smith, 243 U.S. 29, 34 (1917); Chicago, R.I. & P.R. Co. _v._ Cole, 251 U.S. 54, 55 (1919); Herron _v._ Southern P. Co., 283 U.S. 91 (1931).

[768] Sawyer _v._ Piper, 189 U.S. 154 (1903).

[769] Ballard _v._ Hunter, 204 U.S. 241, 259 (1907).

[770] Missouri K. & T.R. Co. _v._ Cade, 233 U.S. 642, 650 (1914).

[771] Lowe _v._ Kansas, 163 U.S. 81 (1896).

[772] Yazoo & M.V.R. Co. _v._ Jackson Vinegar Co., 226 U.S. 217 (1912); Chicago & N.W.R. Co. _v._ Nye Schneider Fowler Co., 260 U.S. 35, 43-44 (1922); Hartford L. Ins. Co. _v._ Blincoe, 255 U.S. 129, 139 (1921); Life & C. Ins. Co. _v._ McCray, 291 U.S. 566 (1934).

[773] Pizitz Dry Goods Co. _v._ Yeldell, 274 U.S. 112, 114 (1927).

[774] Coffey _v._ Harlan County, 204 U.S. 659, 663, 665 (1907).

[775] Wheeler _v._ Jackson, 137 U.S. 245, 258 (1890); Kentucky Union Co.

_v._ Kentucky, 219 U.S. 140, 156 (1911).

[776] Blinn _v._ Nelson, 222 U.S. 1 (1911).

[777] Turner _v._ New York, 168 U.S. 90, 94 (1897).

[778] Soper _v._ Lawrence Bros. Co., 201 U.S. 359 (1906). Nor is a former owner who had not been in possession for five years after and fifteen years before said enactment thereby deprived of any property without due process.

[779] Mattson _v._ Department of Labor, 293 U.S. 151, 154 (1934).

[780] Campbell _v._ Holt, 115 U.S. 620, 623, 628 (1885).

[781] Chase Securities Corp. _v._ Donaldson, 325 U.S. 304 (1945).

[782] Gange Lumber Co. _v._ Rowley, 326 U.S. 295 (1945).

[783] Campbell _v._ Holt, 115 U.S. 620, 623 (1885). _See also_ Stewart _v._ Keyes, 295 U.S. 403, 417 (1935).

[784] Home Ins. Co. _v._ d.i.c.k, 281 U.S. 397, 398 (1930).

[785] Hawkins _v._ Bleakly, 243 U.S. 210, 214 (1917); James-d.i.c.kinson Farm Mortg. Co. _v._ Harry, 273 U.S. 119, 124 (1927). An omission in a criminal trial of any reference to the presumption of innocence effects no denial of due process of law where the State appellate court ruled that such omission did not invalidate the proceedings. Howard _v._ Fleming, 191 U.S. 126, 136 (1903).

[786] Manley _v._ Georgia, 279 U.S. 1, 5 (1929); Western & A.R. Co. _v._ Henderson, 279 U.S. 639, 642 (1929); Bailey _v._ Alabama, 219 U.S. 219, 233 (1911); Mobile, J. & K.C.R. Co. _v._ Turnipseed, 219 U.S. 35, 42 (1910).

[787] Bailey _v._ Alabama, 219 U.S. 219, 233 (1911).

[788] Manley _v._ Georgia, 279 U.S. 1, 7 (1929).

[789] Western & A.R. Co. _v._ Henderson, 279 U.S. 639 (1929).

[790] Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. _v._ Ford, 287 U.S. 502 (1933). _See also_ Mobile, J. & K.C.R. Co. _v._ Turnipseed, 219 U.S. 35 (1910).

[791] Hawes _v._ Georgia, 258 U.S. 1 (1922).

[792] Bandini Petroleum Co. _v._ Superior Ct., 284 U.S. 8, 19 (1931).

[793] Hawker _v._ New York, 170 U.S. 189 (1898).

[794] c.o.c.krill _v._ California, 268 U.S. 258, 261 (1925).

[795] Morrison _v._ California, 288 U.S. 591 (1933).

[796] Morrison _v._ California, 291 U.S. 82 (1934).

[797] "The limits are in substance these, that the State shall have proved enough to make it just for the defendant to be required to repeal what has been proved * * *, or at least that upon a balancing of convenience or of the opportunities for knowledge the s.h.i.+fting of the burden will be found to be an aid to the accuser without subjecting the accused to hards.h.i.+p or oppression."--Ibid. 88-89.

[798] Ibid. 87-91, 96-97.

[799] Leland _v._ Oregon, 343 U.S. 790 (1952).

[800] Walker _v._ Sauvinet, 92 U.S. 90 (1876); New York C.R. Co. _v._ White, 243 U.S. 188, 208 (1917); Snyder _v._ Ma.s.sachusetts, 291 U.S. 97, 105 (1934).

[801] Marvin _v._ Trout, 199 U.S. 212, 226 (1905).

[802] Tinsley _v._ Anderson, 171 U.S. 101, 108 (1898); Eilenbecker _v._ District Court, 134 U.S. 31, 36, 39 (1890).

[803] Delgado _v._ Chavez, 140 U.S. 586, 588 (1891).

[804] Wilson _v._ North Carolina ex rel. Caldwell, 169 U.S. 586 (1898); Foster _v._ Kansas ex rel. Johnston, 112 U.S. 201, 206 (1884).

[805] Long Island Water Supply Co. _v._ Brooklyn, 166 U.S. 685, 694 (1897).

[806] Montana Company _v._ St. Louis Min. & Mill Co., 152 U.S. 160, 171 (1894); Church _v._ Kelsey, 121 U.S. 282 (1887).

[807] Jordan _v._ Ma.s.sachusetts, 225 U.S. 167, 176 (1912).

[808] Maxwell _v._ Dow, 176 U.S. 581, 602 (1900).

[809] Winters _v._ New York, 333 U.S. 507, 509-510, 515 (1948). _See also_ Cline _v._ Frink Dairy, 274 U.S. 445 (1927); Cole _v._ Arkansas, 338 U.S. 345, 354 (1949).