State v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

This case involves the constitutionality of the Act of the Thirty-first Legislature, chapter 96, page 175, commonly known as the Water Closet Law. The validity of the Act was sustained by the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals, 143 S. W., 223; but upon the motion of the appellee, it has certified to us the following questions:

“First. -Is the Act in question violative of the Fourteenth Amendr mént to the Federal Constitution in denying to railroad corporations the equal protection of the laws in that it applies’to railroad corporations only and does not apply to individuals, partnerships,…