St. Clair County v. Interstate Sand & Car Transfer Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts in this'case, which involved the right of the county to recover statutory penalties for carrying on, without a ferry license, the transportation of cars across the Mississippi River between points in Illinois and Missouri, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts in this'case, which involved the right of the county to recover statutory penalties for carrying on, without a ferry license, the transportation of cars across the Mississippi River between points in Illinois and Missouri, are stated in the opinion. The authority to establish and regulate ferries between States is not included in the power of the Federal government to “regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States and with Indian tribes.” That authority was reserved to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This suit was commenced in a court of the State of Illinois by the county of St. Clair, a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois, against the Interstate Sand and Car Transfer Company, a Missouri corporation, to recover statutory penalties. We shall hereafter refer to the. one party as the county and to the other as the company. The right of the county to recover was based upon the charge-that the company had, during certain years which were stated, incurred penalties to the amount sued for, because it had carried on a ferry for' transporting railroad cars, loaded or unloaded, from the…
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- Conway v. Taylor'sSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
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