O'Reilly v. New York New England R.R., 16 R.I. 388. We recently reaffirmed the underlying principle of those cases in Robinson v. Norato, 71 R.I. 256. Since then the United States supreme court has decided that under the supremacy clause of the federal constitution we must enforce a federal statute even though we deem it penal. Testa v. Katt, 330 U.S. 386. But as far as we are aware that court has never held that the full faith and credit clause requires one state to enforce the penal statutes of a sister state.
See also Brown v. DeConcini, 60 Ariz. 476, 140 P.2d 224; Miller v. Municipal Court of City of Los Angeles, supra; Lapinski v. Copacino, supra; Regan v. Kroger Grocery Baking Co., supra; Campbell v. Heiss, 222 Ind. 297, 53 N.E.2d 634; Desper v. Warner Holding Co., supra; Carmelly v. Hanson, 133 N.J.L. 180, 43 A.2d 685; Wutkowski v. Palutes, 131 N.J.L. 441, 37 A.2d 29; Beasley v. Gottlieb, 131 N.J.L. 117, 35 A.2d 49; Egling v. Lombardo, supra. Contra, Robinson v. Norato, R.I., 43 A.2d 467. Cases holding that state courts should entertain jurisdiction of suits brought by the injured party for the recovery of penalties under other federal statutes are the following: First National Bank of Charlotte v. Morgan, 132 U.S. 141, 33 L.ed. 282; Duke v. Helena-Glendale Ferry Co., supra; Ingraham v. Merchants National Bank, 153 Iowa 408, 132 N.W. 869; Ordway v. Central National Bank of Baltimore, supra; First National Bank v. Overman, supra; Floyd v. DuBois Soap Co., 139 Ohio St. 520, 41 N.E.2d 393; Hade v. McVay, Allison Co., supra; Bletz v. Columbia National Bank, 87 Pa. St. 87, 30 Am. Rep. 343; McCreary v. First National Bank, supra.