Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP WISCONSIN. The facts, which involve the validity of an order of the Wisconsin State Railroad Commission requiring the stoppage of interstate trains at a local station and the constitutionality of the statute on which it was based, are stated in the opinion. The passenger service furnished to small villages in Wisconsin prior to the enactment of §1801, Wisconsin statutes, was not adequate or reasonable.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP WISCONSIN. The facts, which involve the validity of an order of the Wisconsin State Railroad Commission requiring the stoppage of interstate trains at a local station and the constitutionality of the statute on which it was based, are stated in the opinion. The passenger service furnished to small villages in Wisconsin prior to the enactment of §1801, Wisconsin statutes, was not adequate or reasonable. The question of the adequacy and reasonableness of a particular service is primarily one for the determination of the state legislature. The decision…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Error to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin sustaining an order of the railroad commission of that State requiring under a law of the State the railroad company to stop two of its passenger trains, each way daily, at the station of Cochrane.
The statute under which the order was made is as follows:
“Every corporation operating a railroad shall maintain a station at every village, whether incorporated or not, having a post office and containing two hundred inhabitants or more, through or within one-eighth of a mile of which its line or road runs, and shall provide the necessary…
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