Note 97 — ARTICLE IV
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Smithsonian Institution v. St. John, 214 U.S. 19 (1909). When, in a State court, the validity of an act of the legislature of another State is not in question, and the controversy turns merely upon its interpretation or construction, no question arises under the full faith and credit clause. See also Western Life Indemnity Co. v. Rupp, 235 U.S. 261 (1914), citing Glenn v. Garth, 147 U.S. 360 (1893); Lloyd v. Matthews, 155 U.S. 222, 227 (1894); Banholzer v. New York L. Ins. Co., 178 U.S. 402 (1900); Allen v. Alleghany Co., 196 U.S. 458, 465 (1905); Texas & N.O.R. Co. v. Miller, 221 U.S. 408 (1911). See also National Mut. Bldg. & Loan Asso. v. Brahan, 193 U.S. 635 (1904); Johnson v. New York Life Ins. Co., 187 U.S. 491, 495 (1903); Pennsylvania F. Ins. Co. v. Gold Issue Min. & Mill. Co., 243 U.S. 93 (1917).