Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Higdon
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OP KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the validity under the due process provision of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of a judgment of the state court for damages for refusal to transport coal between intrastate points, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OP KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the validity under the due process provision of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of a judgment of the state court for damages for refusal to transport coal between intrastate points, are stated in the opinion. The judgment of the Court of Appeals deprives the plaintiff in error of the reasonable control of its property and facilities used in the conduct of its business in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Am. and Eng. Encyi 158; C. & 0. Ry. Co. v. Hall, 136 Kentucky, 379;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The defendant in error, Joe Higdon, doing business under the name of the Crescent Coal Company, brought suit in the Henderson Circuit Court, of Kentucky, to recover damages for alleged loss because of the failure of the Railroad Company to furnish him with cars at the Keystone Mining & Manufacturing Company’s mine at Henderson, Kentucky, with which to perform certain contracts which he had made and which he was prevented from fulfilling by the refusal of the Railroad Company. While the action was originally brought at law it was transferred upon motion of the plaintiff in error to the equity…
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