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SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. ARIZONA

No. 238.

249 U.S. 472 (1919)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. STATE OF ARIZONA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.W. Durbrow, Mr. Henley C. Booth and Mr. Wm. F. Herrin for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Wiley E. Jones, Attorney General of the State of Arizona, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

An agent for Campbell's United Shows applied to the Southern Pacific Company to transport eighteen cars, carrying a carnival show equipment, including employees and animals, from Tucson via Maricopa, to Phoenix, Arizona.

In reply to this application the company gave two reasons for refusing the request. The first of these was that the company had contracted for the transportation of another show, under...

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