State ex rel. Public Service Commission v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The state by its proper officers invokes the original jurisdiction of this court to compel the railway companies doing business in Kansas to put into effect certain orders prescribed by the public service commission relating to manual signals to be used by train crews and relating to the air- or power-brake system.

The defense of the railway companies is predicated on two propositions, (a) that the orders of the commission are too indefinite and wanting in precision to be obeyed, and (6) that the orders pertain exclusively to interstate…