Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Nebraska
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NEBRASKA. . The facts, which involve the constitutionality of a statute of the ’State of Nebraska requiring railroad companies to make switch connections with grain elevators under certain conditions, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NEBRASKA. . The facts, which involve the constitutionality of a statute of the ’State of Nebraska requiring railroad companies to make switch connections with grain elevators under certain conditions, are stated in the opinion. The Nebraska statute in terms, and "as construed by the state court, operated to take the property of- the railway company for a private use, without its consent, and without compensation, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. C., M. é St. P. R. 5. v. Minnesota, 134 U. S. 418'; Hartford Ins. Co. y. Railroad Co., 175 U. S.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are two suits arising under a Nebraska statute. The first is brought by the State to recover a fine of five hundred dollars imposed by the law for failure to obey its command; the second is brought at the relation of the party concerned to compel obedience to the same command by mandamus. The statute in question provides that “ every railroad company or corporation operating a railroad in the State of Nebraska shall afford equal facilities to all persons or. associations who desire to erect or operate, or who are engaged in operating grain elevators, or in handling or shipping grain at…
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