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Blinn v. Nelson, 222 U.S. 1 (1911)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Blinn v. Nelson, 222 U.S. 1 (1911)
Blinn v. Nelson No. 5 Argued April 10, 1911 Decided October 23, 1911 222 U.S. 1
ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
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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.
Constitutional law, like other mortal contrivances, has to take some chances of occasionally inflicting injustice in extraordinary cases.
197 Mass. 279 affirmed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Blinn v. Nelson, 222 U.S. 1 (1911) in 222 U.S. 1 222 U.S. 5. Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8JC18FARPVRJ6U.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Blinn v. Nelson, 222 U.S. 1 (1911), in 222 U.S. 1, page 222 U.S. 5. Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8JC18FARPVRJ6U.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Blinn v. Nelson, 222 U.S. 1 (1911). cited in 1911, 222 U.S. 1, pp.222 U.S. 5. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8JC18FARPVRJ6U.
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