GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RY. CO. v. TEXAS

No. 2.

204 U.S. 403 (1907)

GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, with whom Mr. Aldis B. Browne and Mr. J.W. Terry, were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Robert Vance Davidson, Attorney General of the State of Texas, for defendant in error.


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

The single question in the case is whether, as between Texarkana and Goldthwaite, this was an interstate shipment. If so the regulations of the state railroad commission do not control, and the court erred in enforcing the penalty. If, however, it was a purely local shipment, the judgment below was right and should be sustained....

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