CLEVELAND & ST. LOUIS RY. v. PORTER

No. 213.

210 U.S. 177 (1908)

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

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank L. Littleton, with whom Mr. Leonard J. Hackney was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George H. Gifford, with whom Mr. Glen J. Gifford was on the brief, for defendants in error.


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

There is no question of the regularity of the proceedings. The controversy, therefore, is over the statute. Does it afford due process of law? A review of it is necessary to the determination of the question. It provides that upon the petition to the common council of two-thirds of the whole line of lots bordering on any street...

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