CLEVELAND & c. RY. CO. v. ILLINOIS

No. 198.

177 U.S. 514 (1900)

CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY v. ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Dye for plaintiff in error. Mr. George F. McNulty was on his brief.

Mr. E.C. Akin, Mr. C.A. Hill and Mr. B.D. Monroe for defendant in error, submitted on their brief.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

Few classes of cases have become more common of recent years than those wherein the police power of the State over the vehicles of interstate commerce has been drawn in question. That such power exists and will be enforced, notwithstanding the constitutional authority of Congress to regulate such commerce, is evident from the large number of cases in which we have sustained the validity of local laws designed to...

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