C., B. & Q. RY. v. MILLER

No. 17.

226 U.S. 513 (1913)

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY v. MILLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 22, 1912.

Decided January 6, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur R. Wells and Mr. Robert B. Scott for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edwin E. Squires and Mr. H.M. Sullivan, with whom Mr. Norris Brown was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in this case, as in Adams Express Company v. Croninger, just decided, is whether the provisions of § 20 of the act of February 4, 1887, as amended by the act of June 29, 1906, 34 Stat. 584, c. 3591, constitute an exclusive regulation of contracts for interstate shipments of property by railroad common carriers, superseding all state regulations...

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