General Railway Signal Co. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'n
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. The case is stated in the opinion. Just what did the defendant do in Virginia? It employed there about 20 men — 11 signal engineers and experienced men and 9 laborers — for possibly four or five •months altogether. “They erected iron signal masts about two miles apart and fitted on them alternating current induction motors, signal arms, gears, relays and housings, transformers, line arresters, etc.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. The case is stated in the opinion. Just what did the defendant do in Virginia? It employed there about 20 men — 11 signal engineers and experienced men and 9 laborers — for possibly four or five •months altogether. “They erected iron signal masts about two miles apart and fitted on them alternating current induction motors, signal arms, gears, relays and housings, transformers, line arresters, etc. To reach the rails they dug short, shallow trenches, to an aggregate amount of not over 1,600 feet in a hundred miles. The Southern…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
delivered the opinion of the court.. Plaintiff in error seeks reversal of a judgment of the Supreme-Court of Appeals of Virginia which affirmed an order of the Corporation Commission imposing a fine upon it for doing business within the State without first obtaining proper authority.
The essential facts concerning business done as found by the Commission and approved by Supreme Court are these:
“The defendant is a corporation of the State of New York, having an authorized capital of $5,000,000. Its principal office and factory is at Rochester, N. Y., where it owns and operates a large…
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