Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 78 — INDICTMENT FOR VIOLATING LONG AND SHORT HAUL STATUTE APPEAL FROM MARION CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Cost of transportation can not be ascertained or serve as the basis for making rates; they are necessarily controlled and determined by commercial conditions. In re L. & N. R. R. Co., 1 I. C. C. Rep., 63; Foot v. Railroad Co., N. Y. Ry. Com. Rep., 1884, vol. 1, p. 104; s. c. 21 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases, 63; Int. Com. Com. v. B. & O. R. Co., 43 Fed.
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Case 78 — INDICTMENT FOR VIOLATING LONG AND SHORT HAUL STATUTE APPEAL FROM MARION CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Cost of transportation can not be ascertained or serve as the basis for making rates; they are necessarily controlled and determined by commercial conditions. In re L. & N. R. R. Co., 1 I. C. C. Rep., 63; Foot v. Railroad Co., N. Y. Ry. Com. Rep., 1884, vol. 1, p. 104; s. c. 21 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases, 63; Int. Com. Com. v. B. & O. R. Co., 43 Fed. Rep., 37; C., N. O. & T. P. Ry. v. Int. Com. Com., 162 U. S., 184; T. & P. Ry. v. Int. Com. Com., 162 U. S., 197. 2. The Kentucky long and short haul…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HOBSON
delivered the opinion of the court.
Section 218 of the Constitution is as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation owning or operating a railroad in this State, or any common carrier, to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of property of like kind, .under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in- the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
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- Louisville & N. R. R. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Louisville & N. R. R. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903