Railroad Commission Cases Stone v. Farmers Loan Trust Co Same v. Illinois Cent Co
Citation | 116 U.S. 307,6 S.Ct. 1191,29 L.Ed. 636 |
Parties | RAILROAD COMMISSION CASES. STONE and others v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO. SAME v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO. Filed |
Decision Date | 04 January 1886 |
Court | United States Supreme Court |
This is a suit brought by the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, a New York corporation, to enjoin the railroad commission of Mississippi from enforcing against the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company the provisions of the statute of Mississippi passed March 11, 1884, entitled 'An act to provide for the regulation of freight and passenger rates on railroads in this state, and to create a commission to supervise the same, and for other purposes.' That act is as follows:
Sections 2 and 3 relate to the punishment of those so guilty, and their liability in double damages to parties injured. Sections 4 and 5 provide for the appointment of three commissioners, to be known as the 'Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi,' prescribe their qualifications and tenure of office, fix their salaries, and subject them to penalties and punishment for violation of duty. Section 6 is as follows:
Section 7 makes it unlawful for a company to grant reductions or rebates prohibited by the act, and fixes a penalty for so doing. Section 8 allows reduced rates for certain kinds of transportation. Section 9 is as follows:
Sections 10 and 11 are unimportant in this case. The remainder of the statute is as follows:
notice from the commissioners to provide the same, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars for each day they so fail or refuse to provide such room, and said...
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