Supreme Court of the United States May 14, 1894, 768 (Brass v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Stoeser)

Me. Justice Shiras

delivered the opinion of the court.

In the 13th article of the constitution of the State of Illinois, adopted in 1870, all elevators or storehouses where grain or •other property is stored for a compensation, whether the property stored be kept separate or not, were declared to be public warehouses, and it was made the duty of the general .