Vandalia Railroad v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP INDIANA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
The Railroad Commission of Indiana was created and broad powers were conferred upon it by an act approved February 28, 1905, and an amendatory act approved March 9,1907. Acts 1905, p. 83; Acts 1907, p. 454; Burns’ Ann. Ind. Stats. 1908, §§ 5531 et seq. By a later act (Acts 1909, p. 323), the Commission was specifically authorized and directed to investigate the condition and efficiency of headlights then in use on locomotive engines on the railroads in the State, determine the most practicable and efficient headlight for all purposes, and make and enforce against the railroad companies the…
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