Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. At the January term, 1895, of the Marion County circuit court of tbe State of Kentucky, an indictment was found against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Kentucky, for an alleged violation of section 218 of the constitution of the State, and section 820 of the Kentucky statutes, in charging more for the transportation of coal from Altamont, Kentucky, to Lebanon, Kentucky, than…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. At the January term, 1895, of the Marion County circuit court of tbe State of Kentucky, an indictment was found against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Kentucky, for an alleged violation of section 218 of the constitution of the State, and section 820 of the Kentucky statutes, in charging more for the transportation of coal from Altamont, Kentucky, to Lebanon, Kentucky, than to Louisville and Elizabethtown, Kentucky, over railroads which the company were operating under its charter. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
This case is here on a writ of error to a judgment of the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Marion County, Kentucky, sentencing the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to a fine of $300 for an alleged violation of a statute of that State, which declares, among other things, that it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation owning or operating a railroad in the State to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of property of like kind, under substantially similar…
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