McWhorter v. Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice
delivered the opinion of the court:
Appellants are Commissioners under an act of the Legislature of Florida of 1887, “ to provide for the regulation A? railroad freight and passenger tariffs in this State; to ¡prevent unjust discrimination in the rates charged for kir&nsportation of passengers and freights, and to prohibit *457railroad companies, corporations and. lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates, and to punish the same and prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto, and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Osborn v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- In Re AyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Davis v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Stone v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hosner v. DeYoungTexas Supreme Court · 1846
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- State v. BryanSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
- Trustees of the Village of Saratoga Springs v. Saratoga Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Hampton v. State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
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