Dow v. Beidelman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE ARKANSAS. The original action was brought in an inferior court of the State of Arkansas by Beidelman against Dow, Matthews and Moran, Trustees, alleging that the defendants^ were the legal owners and in possession of the Memphis and Little Kock Kailroad, in -that State, more than a hundred miles long, and charged and took of the plaintiff more than three cents a mile for a ticket between two stations twenty-three miles apart on that…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE ARKANSAS. The original action was brought in an inferior court of the State of Arkansas by Beidelman against Dow, Matthews and Moran, Trustees, alleging that the defendants^ were the legal owners and in possession of the Memphis and Little Kock Kailroad, in -that State, more than a hundred miles long, and charged and took of the plaintiff more than three cents a mile for a ticket between two stations twenty-three miles apart on that road, in violation of a statute of the State of April 4, 1887, the material provisions of which were as follows: Sec.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
The general rule of law that governs this case has been clearly stated and developed in opinions of this court, delivered by the late Chief Justice.
In Munn v. Illinois, 94 U. S. 113, decided at October Term, 1876, after affirming the doctrine that by the common law carriers or othér persons exercising a public employment could not charge more than a reasonable compensation for th.eir •services, and that it is within the power of the legislature “ to declare what shall be a reasonable compensation for such services, or, perhaps more properly speaking, to fix a maximum beyond which any charge…
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