ST. LOUIS S.W. RY. v. ARKANSAS

No. 111.

217 U.S. 136 (1910)

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roy F. Britton, with whom Mr. Samuel H. West, Mr. Frank G. Bridges, Mr. William T. Woolbridge and Mr. Nicholas J. Gantt, Jr., were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Hal Norwood, Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, and Mr. F.E. Brown, for the defendant in error, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Prior to October, 1905, the Railroad Commission of Arkansas promulgated a rule by which, within five days after written application by a shipper, it was made the duty of a railway company, under the conditions prescribed in the rule, to deliver freight cars to such shipper for the purpose of enabling him to load freight. The rule in question, known as Order No. 305, is...

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