Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the statute of Massachusetts requiring the transportation of School children by certain Railways at half fare, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This was a complaint against the plaintiff in error for refusing to sell tickets for the transportation of pupils to and from' the public schools at one-half the regular fare charged by it, as required by Mass. Rev. Laws, c. 112, § 72. At. the trial the Railway Company admitted the fact, but set up that the statute was unconstitutional, in that it denied to the company the equal protection of the laws and deprived it of its property without just compensation and without due process of law. In support of -this defence it made an offer of proof which may be abridged into the propositions that…
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