ALLEN v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MT. & S. RY.

Nos. 440, 441.

230 U.S. 553 (1913)

ALLEN ET AL., RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. SAME v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph M. Hill for appellants.

Mr. John M. Moore, with whom Mr. Martin S. Clardy and Mr. Samuel H. West were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

The legislature of Arkansas, on February 9, 1907, passed an act fixing the maximum passenger fare within the State, on railroads over eighty-five miles in length, at two cents a mile. On June 4, 1908, the Railroad Commission of the State adopted Standard Distance Tariff No. 3, which superseded the former freight tariff and established maximum intrastate freight rates for all classes and commodities. The requirement...

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