Illinois Central Railroad v. Mulberry Hill Coal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the liability of a carrier for failure to furnish cars to a coal mining corporation located on its line, are stated in the opinion. The case should have been dismissed for want of jurisdiction; Congress has preempted the field. The reasonableness of carriers’ practices is for the Commission, especially in cases of discrimination, or of inadequacy of carriers’ total car supply.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the liability of a carrier for failure to furnish cars to a coal mining corporation located on its line, are stated in the opinion. The case should have been dismissed for want of jurisdiction; Congress has preempted the field. The reasonableness of carriers’ practices is for the Commission, especially in cases of discrimination, or of inadequacy of carriers’ total car supply. There is conflict between state and Federal rules as to duty of supplying cars. The Illinois statute as applied to interstate commerce is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This was an action brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error to recover damages for the alleged failure of the latter to furnish coal cars at plaintiff’s mine, located upon the line of defendant’s railroad, pursuant to plaintiff’s requirements and demands. It was founded upon § 2? of an act of March 31,1874, in relation to fencing and operating railroads, as amended (Hurd’s Rev. Stat. Illinois, 1913, c. 114, § 84, p. 1955). The declaration set forth that plaintiff was the owner of and engaged in operating a coal mine equipped with appliances necessary for the mining of coal,…
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