Southern Railway Co. v. Melton
Supreme Court of Georgia
/ Constitutional questions; from Court of Appeals. J The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following questions: “1. Is rule nine of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, as follows: ‘Railroad companies are required to furnish cars promptly on request therefor.
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/ Constitutional questions; from Court of Appeals. J The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following questions: “1. Is rule nine of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, as follows: ‘Railroad companies are required to furnish cars promptly on request therefor. When a shipper files with a railroad company written application for a car or cars, stating therein the character of the freight to be shipped, and its destination, such railroad company shall furnish same within four days (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) from seven o’clock a. m. of the day following the receipt of…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
Much litigation has arisen in regard to railroad commissions. At first railroad companies contested the constitutionality of acts creating these commissions and conferring upon *281them the power to fix reasonable rates and to make reasonable rules and regulations. The most common ground of attack was that this was a delegation of legislative power. It is now firmly established by the decisions of the courts of this country, both State and Federal, that such powers can be conferred without constituting an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power. See 8 Cyc. 834, and citations. In this…
2Cases cited62 opinions
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- Buttfield v. StranahanSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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