St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal form Garland Circuit Court; Galvm T. Cot-ham, Judge; 1. The act in providing that it shall not apply to railroads less than one hundred miles in length, discriminates against railroads of .greater length, and denies to them the equal protection of the law. 183 U. S. 79, 111; 184 U. S. 540, 562; 165 IT.
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Appeal form Garland Circuit Court; Galvm T. Cot-ham, Judge; 1. The act in providing that it shall not apply to railroads less than one hundred miles in length, discriminates against railroads of .greater length, and denies to them the equal protection of the law. 183 U. S. 79, 111; 184 U. S. 540, 562; 165 IT. S. 150, 159; 124 Tenn. 1; 129 Mo. 163; 225 Mo. 561; 212 111. 418; 105 Minn. 256. The reasoning of the courts in sustaining the constitutionality of 'the Three Brakeman Act, Act 116, Acts 1907, 86 Ark. 412, 219 U. S. 443, does not sustain the ruling of the trial court in this ease. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellant railway company was convicted of violating the statute (Act No. 67, Acts 1913, approved February 20, 1913), which requires all railway companies operating roads one hundred miles and over in length to use crews of six men composed of an engineer, a fireman, a foreman and three helpers, while doing •switching in terminals or yards in cities of the first and second class. The act contains four sections and reads as follows:
“An Act for the better protection and safety of the public.
“Section 1. That no railroad company or corporation owning or operating any yards or terminals in the…
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