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UNITED STATES V. LAWS, 163 U. S. 258 (1896)

163 U. S. 258

U.S. Supreme Court

United States v. Laws, 163 U.S. 258 (1896)

United States v. Laws

No. 248

Submitted April 28, 1896

Decided May 18, 1896

163 U.S. 258

Syllabus

A contract made with an alien in a foreign country to come to this country as a chemist on a sugar plantation in Louisiana, in pursuance of which contract such alien does come to this country and is employed on a sugar plantation in Louisiana, and his expenses paid by the defendant, is not such a contract to perform labor or service as is prohibited in the Act of Congress passed February 26, 1885.

The case is stated in the opinion.


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