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…
1DissentFish, C. J.
I fully appreciate the force of the maxim that an act of the legislature should not be declared unconstitutional unless the conflict between the act and the fundamental law be clear and palpable. I have, no doubt, however, as to the unconstitutionality of rule nine of the railroad commission of this State; as, to my mind, it is manifestly an attempt on the part of the commission to exercise a legislative power by virtue of the act of 1905, which the General Assembly could not lawfully delegate. Accordingly, under the mandate of the constitution (Civil Code, §5733) that the judiciary shall…
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