State v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Winn; W. M. Wallace, Judge. Action by the State against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company to recover a penalty. From a judgment for defendant, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The district attorney brought this suit, of his own motion, in the name of the state, under Act 118, p. 160, of 1890, which requires railroads to post on bulletin boards the number of minutes the regular trains are late, under penalty of a fine “recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.”
[1] The defense is that this statute is no longer in force, it having been superseded by a rule or regulation covering the same ground, adopted by the State Railroad Commission, under authority conferred upon it by articles 284 and 286 of the Constitution, which regulation was recognized and approved…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Broussard v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
3Cited by2 opinions
- Hymel v. Central Farms & Shipping Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Jackson v. Waters-Pierce Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915