Railroad Commission v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. February 7, 1913. On November 8, 1912, the Bailroad Commission of Georgia passed the following order: “Besolved, by the Commission, that all railroads selling mileage or penny scrip books are hereby required, on and after February 1, 1913, to pull the same on the 'trains of the company selling the same, when presented by the holders for transportation between points wholly within the State 'of • Georgia, except where…
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Injunction. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. February 7, 1913. On November 8, 1912, the Bailroad Commission of Georgia passed the following order: “Besolved, by the Commission, that all railroads selling mileage or penny scrip books are hereby required, on and after February 1, 1913, to pull the same on the 'trains of the company selling the same, when presented by the holders for transportation between points wholly within the State 'of • Georgia, except where passengers board trains in cities of 10,0(30 population or more according to the United States census of 1910, in which…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
The controlling questions involved may be considered under three general heads: (1) Did the State railroad commission *820have statutory power to make the regulation under consideration? (2) If so, does such statute conflict with the fourteenth amendment of the Federal constitution, or the clause of the State constitution forbidding the depriving of any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law? (3) If the commission has power to make regulations of this character, has it exercised the power so arbitrarily and unreasonably in the particular case before us as to authorize the…
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