Great Northern Railway Co. v. Minnesota Ex Rel. State Railroad & Warehouse Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MINNESOTA. The facts, which involve the power of a State Railroad Commission to require a carrier to erect weighing scales at stations, and the validity of an order of the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission, are stated in the opinion. -, The order' of the Commission requiring the railway company to install the scales in question for the convenience of stockmen and farmers in connection'with private transactions deprives the…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MINNESOTA. The facts, which involve the power of a State Railroad Commission to require a carrier to erect weighing scales at stations, and the validity of an order of the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission, are stated in the opinion. -, The order' of the Commission requiring the railway company to install the scales in question for the convenience of stockmen and farmers in connection'with private transactions deprives the railway company of its property without due process bf law. Conceding for the sake of argument the authority of the…
1Opinion of the Court
. Mr. Justice McReynolds
delivered the opinion of the court.
- An order of the Minnesota Railroad & Warehouse Commission (October 26, 1911) directing the Great Northern Railway Company to erect within forty-five days at least a six-ton scale in its stockyard at the village Bertha, Todd County, was sustained by the Supreme Court of the State (122 Minnesota, 55, 57-58); the cause is here by writ of error; and it is contended that enforcement of order, as promulgated, would deprive the Railway of its property without due process of law contrary to the inhibition of the Fourteenth Amendment. The…
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