Goode v. Nelson

Citations

• 73 Fla. 29
• 74 So. 17

Syllabus

<p>1. As “involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,” is forbidden “within the United States” by the Federal Constitution, a crime to be punished by imprisonment cannot lawfully be predicated upon the breach of a promise to perform labor or service.</p> <p>2. Chapter 6528 Acts of 1913 in effect provides punishment for failure or refusal, without just cause, to perform labor or service under a contract, thereby violating the Federal law which is the supreme law of the land within its sphere of operation.</p>