MISSOURI, KANS. & TEX. RY. CO. v. TEXAS

No. 113.

245 U.S. 484 (1918)

MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY OF TEXAS ET AL. v. STATE OF TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander H. McKnight, Mr. C.S. Burg, Mr. Joseph M. Bryson, Mr. Alex. Britton and Mr. Charles C. Huff for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. B.F. Looney, Attorney General of the State of Texas, and Mr. Luther Nickels, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Texas, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit brought by the State of Texas to recover penalites for violation of an order of the State Railroad Commission. This order required passenger trains in Texas to start from their point of origin and from stations on the line in accordance with advertised schedule, allowing them not exceeding thirty minutes at origin or points of junction with other lines...

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