HERNDON v. CHI., ROCK ISLAND & PAC. RY.

No. 150.

218 U.S. 135 (1910)

HERNDON, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF CLINTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND SWANGER, [ROACH] SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James T. Blair, with whom Mr. Elliott W. Major, Attorney General of Missouri, and Mr. Charles G. Revelle were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. M.A. Low, with whom Mr. E.C. Lindley was on the brief, for appellee in No. 150.

Mr. James P. Gilmore and Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, with whom Mr. Robert Dunlap and Mr. Thomas R. Morrow were on the brief, for appellee in No. 151, argued simultaneously herewith.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri to enjoin the execution of certain provisions of the acts of the legislature of the State of Missouri, as violative of complainant's rights under the Federal Constitution. The bill was filed against Harry T. Herndon...

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