Legal Opinion
Boyle v. St. Louis & S. F. R.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided April 5, 1915No. 1638PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Suit by Sidney E. Boyle against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and others. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
This is a bill to enjoin the enforcement of what was designated as Freight Distance Tariff No. 3, promulgated by the State Railroad Commissioners of the State of Arkansas, and also the two cents a mile passenger rate established by an act of the General Assembly of the state of Arkansas in 1907. The bill was filed in July, 1908. The usual allegations that, for the intrastate traffic in Arkansas, these rates are noncompensatory to an extent that they are confiscatory are relied on to sustain the bill. For convenience the. plaintiff will be referred to in this opinion as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Simpson v. ShepardSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Norfolk and Western Railway Company v. Conley, Attorney General of the State of West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Allen v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. v. AllenU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas · 1911
3Cited by3 opinions
- Rowland v. BoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. MoynihanDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1930
- Ann Arbor R. v. FellowsDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1915