Miller v. Crawford

Citations

• 70 Ohio St. (N.S.) 207

Syllabus

<p>Prevention of fraud in purchase and sale of merchandise — Discrimination among creditors — Invalidity of act of April 4, 1902 — Constitutional law.</p> <p>The act of April 4, 1902, entitled, “An act to prevent fraud in the purchase, disposition or sale of merchandise” (95 O. L., 96), is repugnant to the first article of the constitution because it places an unwarrantable restriction upon the right of the individual to acquire and possess property, and because it contains a forbidden discrimination in favor of a limited class of creditors.</p>