[715] Hoxie v. New York, N.H. & H.R. Co., 82 Conn. 352 (1909).
[716] 223 U.S. 1, 59 (1912).
[717] Brown v. Western Ry. Co. of Alabama, 338 U.S. 294 (1949). See Justice Frankfurter's dissent in this case for a summary of rulings to the contrary.
[718] 330 U.S. 386 (1947).
[719] 56 Stat. 23, 33-34, 205 (c).
[720] 330 U.S. 386, 389.
[721] Ibid. 390. Justice Black refers to Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 16 Pet. 539, 615 (1842), and other cases as broadly questioning the power and duty of State courts to enforce federal criminal law. The cases primarily relied upon in the opinion are Claflin v. Houseman, 93 U.S. 130 (1876); Mondou v. New York, N.H. & H.R. Co. (Second Employers' Liability Cases), 223 U.S. 1 (1912).
[722] Cf. Doyle v. Continental Ins. Co., 94 U.S. 535 (1877), (which upheld a similar Wisconsin statute), and Security Mut. L. Ins. Co. v. Prewitt, 202 U.S. 246 (1906); with Home Ins. Co. v. Morse, 20 Wall. 445 (1874); Barron v. Burnside, 121 U.S. 186 (1887); Southern P. Co. v. Denton, 146 U.S. 202 (1892); Gerling v. Baltimore & O.R. Co., 151 U.S. 673, 684 (1894); Barrow S.S. Co. v. Kane, 170 U.S. 100, 111 (1898); Herndon v. Chicago, R.I. & P.R. Co., 218 U.S. 135 (1910); Harrison v. St. Louis & S.F.R. Co., 232 U.S. 318 (1914); Donald v. Philadelphia & R. Coal & I. Co., 241 U.S. 329 (1916).
[723] 257 U.S. 529, 532 (1922).
[724] 25 Edward III, Stat. 5, Ch. 2. See also Story's Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States, Vol. 2, 529-540, (5th ed.).