Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad v. Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
Arpe at, from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. This bill was filed by the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of Illinois, for an injunction restraining the Attorney-General of the State of Iowa from prosecuting suits against it or its officers, under the provisions of an act passed by the legislature of Iowa, entitled “ An Act to establish reasonable maximum rates of charges for the…
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Arpe at, from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. This bill was filed by the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of Illinois, for an injunction restraining the Attorney-General of the State of Iowa from prosecuting suits against it or its officers, under the provisions of an act passed by the legislature of Iowa, entitled “ An Act to establish reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of freight and passengers on the different railroads of this State,” approved March 23, 1874. The complainant is the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered, the opinion of the court.
Railroad companies are carriers for hire. They are incorpo rated as such, and given extraordinary powers, in order that they may the better serve the public in that capacity. They are, therefore, engaged in a public employment affecting the public interest, and, under the decision in Munn v. Illinois, supra, p. 113, subject to legislative control as to their rates of fare and freight, unless -protected by their charters..
• The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, the benefit of whose charter the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McAunich v. Mississippi & Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
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