State v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, for an injunction against the collection of rates for fares and freights in excess of the amount permitted by law.
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Bill in Equity, for an injunction against the collection of rates for fares and freights in excess of the amount permitted by law. Transferred from the October term, 1910, of the superior court by Chamberlin, J., upon an agreement as to the facts, for the purpose of determining what portions of the defendants’ railroad system are subject to the limitations as to rates imposed by chapter 100 of the Laws of 1883, chapter 5 of the Laws of 1889, and chapter 156 of the Public Statutes.
1Opinion of the Court
By different methods forty separate corporations have been brought under the direct control of one to such an extent that for all practical purposes the forty constitute a single corporation. That this combination could have been brought about without the assent of the state is not claimed. Neither is it suggested that it is illegal or improper. It is recognized as the legitimate result of permissive legislation adopted mainly in 1883 and 1889, and re-enacted in the Public Statutes in 1891. This legislation contained a restriction against the increase of rates for fares and freights upon…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dow v. Northern RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1886
- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1906
- State v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1909
- Stanyan v. PeterboroughSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1898
- Weed v. WoodsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1902
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1924
- State v. DownesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1920
- Floyd v. VerretteSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1919
- E. D. Clough & Co. v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1914
- E. D. Clough & Co. v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1914