State ex rel. Coleman v. Pullman Co.

*665The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

In this case the state, on the relation of the attorney-general, seeks to oust the defendant from the corporate franchise of charging and collecting from passengers on railroad-trains compensation for the use of seats and berths in its cars between stations in Kansas. The cause is submitted upon a demurrer to the defendant’s answer, including an amendment thereto. The principal questions involved are identical with those just decided in the case of The State v. Telegraph Co., ante, p. 609, the two cases being largely briefed together. So far…