South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. City of Covington
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the commerce and due process clauses of the Federal Constitution of a municipal ordinance of Covington, Kentucky, regulating street cars running between that city and Cincinnati, Ohio, are stated in the opinion. The ordinance is an unlawful interference with and regulation of interstate commerce. It deprives plaintiff of its property without due process of law.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the commerce and due process clauses of the Federal Constitution of a municipal ordinance of Covington, Kentucky, regulating street cars running between that city and Cincinnati, Ohio, are stated in the opinion. The ordinance is an unlawful interference with and regulation of interstate commerce. It deprives plaintiff of its property without due process of law. It is an impairment of the obligation of the contract between plaintiff and defendant. Injunction is the proper remedy. In…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This case originated' in a petition filed by the South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Gompany, a corporation of the State of Kentucky, having for its purpose to enjoin the City of Covington from enforcing a certain ordinance regulating the operation of the street cars of the company. The features of the ordinance essential to be considered here are found in its first seven sections, which are:
“Section 1. That it shall .be unlawful for any person, corporation or company owning or operating street cars for the carriage of passengers for hire in or- through or over the public streets of…
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