C. & N.W. RY. v. NYE, ETC., CO.

No. 24.

260 U.S. 35 (1922)

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. NYE SCHNEIDER FOWLER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1922.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wymer Dressler, Mr. F.W. Sargent and Mr. T.P. Littlepage, for plaintiff in error, submitted.

Mr. Garrard Glenn, with whom Mr. William B. Walsh was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, the constitutional validity of two statutes of Nebraska is questioned, the first subjecting the initial railroad of two connecting roads, receiving freight, to liability for safe delivery by the other, and the second making every common carrier liable for a reasonable attorney's fee in the court of first instance and on appeal, for collection from it of every claim for damage or loss to property...

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