Marshall v. Bush
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the State Railway Commission. The Missouri Pacific Railway Company operates a line of railroad from Omaha to' Kansas City and St. Louis. In Nebraska the road runs southward. At the station of Talmage a branch line runs westward to Crete upon the main line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. The length of this branch is 59 miles.
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Appeal from the State Railway Commission. The Missouri Pacific Railway Company operates a line of railroad from Omaha to' Kansas City and St. Louis. In Nebraska the road runs southward. At the station of Talmage a branch line runs westward to Crete upon the main line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. The length of this branch is 59 miles. The towns intervening between Crete and Talmage have a total population of 1,911. At Hickman a line of the Union Pacific1 Railroad Company and a main line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company cross the Missouri Pacific.…
1Opinion of the CourtLetton, J.
Four errors are assigned: (1) That the evidence does not sustain the order of the commission as to inadequacy of service; (2) that the trains required cause an unreasonable burden to be placed upon the interstate business of defendant; (3) that the receipts from the operation of the trains would be so light compared with the expense of operation as to be confiscatory; (4) that the order is unreasonable, denies the equal protection of the law to the railroad company, and deprives it of its property without due process of law.
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