Blinn v. Nelson
Citations
- 222 U.S. 1
- 32 S. Ct. 1
- 56 L. Ed. 65
- 1911 U.S. LEXIS 1878
Syllabus
<p>A state statute of limitations allowing only' a little more than a year . for the institution of a suit to recover his personal property by a party who has not been heard from for fourteen years and for whose property a receiver has been appointed is not unconstitutional as depriving him of his property without due process of law; and so held as to the provisions to that effect of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, c. 144, for distribution of estates of persons not heard of for fourteen years and presumably dead.</p> <p>Constitutional law, like other mortal contrivances, has to take fome chances of occasionally inflicting injustice in extraordinary cases. 197 Massachusetts, 279, affirmed.</p>
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- policy against subjecting “regular and lawful use and ownership of property” to “restrictions and uncertainty”
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Judges: Holmes
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