Kansas City S. Ry. Co. v. Board of Railroad Com'rs
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Arkansas
In Equity. Suit for injunction. The allegations in the bill are: That the complainant is a railroad corporation existing under the laws of the slate of Missouri, owning a line of railroad, and operating it as a common carrier of passengers and freight, from Kansas City, in the state of Missouri, to Ogden, on the line dividing the states of Arkansas and Texas.
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In Equity. Suit for injunction. The allegations in the bill are: That the complainant is a railroad corporation existing under the laws of the slate of Missouri, owning a line of railroad, and operating it as a common carrier of passengers and freight, from Kansas City, in the state of Missouri, to Ogden, on the line dividing the states of Arkansas and Texas. That said railroad traverses parts of the following states and territories, to wit: Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and the Indian Territory. That after leaving- the state of Missouri it runs through the state of Arkansas for 28.649 miles;…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts). The only question involved and argued by counsel is whether, upon the facts, set out in the bill, the carriage of freight by a railroad operating a continuous line of road in several states and territories from one point in a state to another in the same state, when the course of transportation must be for a considerable distance in another state or territory, is subject to regulations made by the board of railroad commissioners of that state, or whether such traffic is interstate or intrastate. If the former, it is conceded by counsel for the defendants that the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re Arkansas Railroad RatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas · 1909
- United States v. WilsonDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1920
- Potter v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1915