Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Cram
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE • OP NEBRASKA. The State of Nebraska enacted a law requiring railroads conveying livestock to convey the same at a rate of speed so that the time consumed im a journey from the initial point of receiving the stock to the point of feeding or destination should not exceed one hour for each eighteen miles travel, including the time of stops at stations or other points.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE • OP NEBRASKA. The State of Nebraska enacted a law requiring railroads conveying livestock to convey the same at a rate of speed so that the time consumed im a journey from the initial point of receiving the stock to the point of feeding or destination should not exceed one hour for each eighteen miles travel, including the time of stops at stations or other points. It is provided that where the initial point is not a division station, and on all branch lines not exceeding 125 miles in length, the rafe of speed shall be such that' not more than , one…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The case is here in a simple aspect. There was no attempt made to explain or justify the delays in the shipments, and any attack on the statute on the ground that it includes delays resulting from the act of God or cause over which the carriers have no control is precluded by the construction' put upon the act by the Supreme Court of the State.
The only proposition, then, which is presented is whether the statute is beyond the power of government and,' therefore, offends the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States by depriving plaintiff in error of its property without…
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