Commonwealth v. Centr. R. R. Co. of N.J.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

The railroad companies, which are defendants in this case, appeal from a decree enjoining them from putting into force proposed new tariffs, in so far as they prescribe higher intrastate rates for carrying freight of the same class to a nearer station than for carrying it on the same tracks in the same direction to a more distant station, all the trackage being within this Commonwealth. The court below decided that to permit defendants so to do, would result in their violating article xvii, section 3, of the state Constitution, which, so far as relevant, provides…