State v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

This action is brought by the state of Ohio against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, a corporation, to recover the sum of $1,100 as a penalty for the violation by the defendant company of an act of the Legislature *146of Ohio, passed March 19, 1906 (98 O. L., 67), for using eleven cars in state traffic contrary to the provision of the act in question. The state filed a petition. The defendant filed an answer and an amended answer. The pleadings state the facts, and it is sought by a ruling of the court to determine the question of law involved, assuming the facts…