KANSAS CITY SO. RY. v. VAN ZANT

No. 142.

260 U.S. 459 (1923)

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. VAN ZANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel W. Moore, with whom Mr. Frank H. Moore and Mr. Cyrus Crane were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Charles H. Montgomery, for respondent, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the Court.

The case presents the effect of a condition in a free pass issued by petitioner to respondent and used by her in transportation in interstate commerce — whether determined by the provisions of § 1 of the Hepburn Act (34 Stat. 584) or by the laws of Kansas and Missouri.

There is practically no dispute about the facts. The pass was authoritatively and...

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