Show IOWA IOVA COURT REVERSED Prohibitory Liquor Law Con Construed Construed So As to Interfere With Commerce Wash Washington Jan supreme c court urt of the united States tad today a reversed the of the tho supreme Iowa In two cases involving the he construction at 01 atthe the Iowa prohibitory liquor la law the opinIon Ion in each case being handed down by Justice White In the first case that or of orthe the American Express company vs the state of Iowa Iown the state authorities seized of bf liquor sent C 1 O 0 D from Rock Island lila to Tama Ia and their destruction was ordered The supreme court nr Iowa sustained this proceeding but the Judgment WILlS was toda today reversed On the ground that It is In con contravention contravention of the Interstate commerce clause of oC the federal constitution Jus JustIce Justice tIce bite added that if such a practice were carried to its legitimate cou concLusion and the various states given authority to control C O 0 D shipments of 01 merchandise from one state to another much of the Interstate business of o the country would be placed at the merc mercy ot of the he states He also said that the position taken by the lower court that the question of oC inter interstate Interstate state commerce is not involved In the case Is not tenable That the court held was the principal point involves The other case was that of at the Adams Express company vs the state of Iowa and Involved the seine same question as the 1 AmerIcan case except that In Inthe Inthe the Adams company case the proceeding was decided a against the compan on the charge of maintaining n a hous o for r the sale of liquor in nf this as In the tl first I cue case the state tat court was reversed on the ground that the judgment Is an Inter InterI wl h trade between t the states stated I |