Wall v. . R. R.

It is well settled by this Court that the General Assembly is entirely within its powers in imposing penalties for unreasonable delay in the transportation of intrastate freight. Connor, J., in Stone v.R. R., 144 N.C. 223, says: "The validity of such legislation has been uniformly sustained in State and Federal courts," and quotes with (409) approval from 9 Rose's Notes, 26, that the question is "'too well settled to be longer the subject of controversy."

The passage of the statute is a declaration of the lawmaking department that its enactment and the imposition of penalties upon common…