Ruggles v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, Judge, presiding. It was agreed in the court below that the following statement of facts are and shall be taken as true: “It is stipulated and agreed by and between the parties to this suit, that the same shall be tried by the court, without the intervention of a jury, upon the following facts, and the law governing the same, to-wit: On the seventh day of March, A. D. 1873, Morgan A. Lewis, the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, Judge, presiding. It was agreed in the court below that the following statement of facts are and shall be taken as true: “It is stipulated and agreed by and between the parties to this suit, that the same shall be tried by the court, without the intervention of a jury, upon the following facts, and the law governing the same, to-wit: On the seventh day of March, A. D. 1873, Morgan A. Lewis, the complaining witness in this cause, got on board the regular mail passenger train of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
By the agreed facts in this case, the question is presented whether the act of the General Assembly entitled “An act to establish a reasonable maximum rate of charges for the transportation of passengers on railroads in this State,” approved April 15, 1871, and in force July 1, 1871, is unconstitutional.
Appellant claims, and it may be conceded, that the charters of the several railroads which consolidated, under laws authorizing the same, to form the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy .Bailroad Company, formed contracts between those companies and the State. We apprehend this proposition will not…
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