HOUSTON & TEX. CENT. RAILROAD v. MAYES

No. 198.

201 U.S. 321 (1906)

HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. MAYES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 2, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maxwell Evarts, with whom Mr. Robert S. Lovett, Mr. James A. Baker and Mr. Gordon M. Buck, were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. T.W. Gregory, for defendant in error, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the constitutionality of certain articles of the Revised Statutes of Texas, set forth in the margin,1 the material requirement of which is that when the shipper of freight shall make a requisition in writing for a number of cars to be furnished...

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