Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Co. v. Vosburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1915No. 189PublishedCited by 65 opinions
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the reciprocal demurrage law of Kansas of 1905 under the equal protection provision of the Fourteenth Amendment, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
The Federal question involved in this case is concisely stated in the opening paragraph of the opinion of the Supreme Court of Kansas (89 Kansas, 114), whose judgment we have under review:
“Chapter 345 of the laws of 1905, as amended by chapter 275 of the laws of 1907 [Gen. Stat. 1909, § 7201 et seq.], concerns the furnishing of cars by railway companies to shippers of freight. When cars applied for under this statute are not duly furnished, the railway company is liable to the shipper for all actual damages suffered, for a penalty of five dollars per day for each car not supplied, and for a…
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