Legal Opinion
Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Beatty
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 10, 1911No. 1156PublishedCited by 27 opinions
Error from Caddo County Court; B. E. Holding, Judge. Action by W. W. Beatty against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company to recover the penalty óf $1 per day per car for not supplying cars for the movement of freight from Verden, Olda., to Chickasha, Ind. T., in November and December, 1906. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
The question involved in this case is the constitutionality of section 2, art. 2, c. 10, of Sess. Laws 1905 (Comp. Laws 1909, p. 144, sec. 521). That section is as follows:
“It shall be the duty of every railroad company operating a line of road wholly or in part within this state for the transportation of freight, upon the verbal or written application of any shipper to its station agent or other agent in charge of transportation of freight for a car or cars to be loaded with freight other than perishable freight or live stock, stating the charactei of the freight and its…
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