Southern Railway Co. v. Beam
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The facts, which involve the validity of a statute of North Carolina affecting common carriers, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
This case involves a consideration of the statute of North Carolina passed oh in No. 487, and was argued and submitted therewith. The question, then, only is whether the principles there expressed apply to it.
The action was brought by defendants in error, a co-partnership, against the plaintiff in error, a railway company and a. common carrier, for penalties under the statute, which is. set out in the opinion in No. 487, to' recover the sum of $50 a day for fifteen days for failing and refusing for such time to receive a carload of shingles tendered to the company at JEtutherfordton, North…
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