Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Tucker
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR, TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP KANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of the statute of 1905 of the State of Kansas establishing maximum rates for transportation of oil, gasoline, etc., which fixes five hundred dollars as liquidated damages for violations of the act, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR, TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP KANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of the statute of 1905 of the State of Kansas establishing maximum rates for transportation of oil, gasoline, etc., which fixes five hundred dollars as liquidated damages for violations of the act, are stated in the opinion. The act is, on its face, in conflict with the Constitution of the United States, and denies the railway companies the equal protection of the law. When the railroad company is called to account for a violation of the law, it may then, and not…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
By an act of February 17, 1905, the legislature of the State of Kansas prescribed a schedule of maximum rates to be charged by common carriers for the transportation* between points in that State, of “illuminating oil, gasoline, fuel oil, or crude petroleum, in cans, barrels, tanks or tank cars,” and provided that every such carrier “which shall demand, exact or receive for such transportation or delivery any sum in excess of the rates hereby made lawful, shall be liable to any person injured thereby in the sum of five hundred dollars as liquidated damages, to be recovered by action in any…
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