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MISSOURI PAC. R. CO. v. NORWOOD

No. 501.

13 F.Supp. 24 (1935)

MISSOURI PAC. R. CO. v. NORWOOD, Atty. Gen. of Arkansas, et al.

District Court, W. D. Arkansas.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. White, of St. Louis, Mo., and Thomas B. Pryor, of Ft. Smith, Ark., for plaintiff.

Hal L. Norwood, Atty. Gen., of Arkansas, Charles W. McKay, of Magnolia, and Chester Holland, Pros. Attys., of Ft. Smith, Ark., Frank L. Mulholland, Sp. Counsel, of Toledo, Ohio, and W. D. Jackson, Sp. Counsel, of Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

Before STONE, Circuit Judge, and OTIS and MARTINEAU, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In 1907, Arkansas enacted a "full crew" law (affecting freight trains) requiring three brakemen on trains of 25 or more cars (Ark. Laws 1907, Act No. 116 [page 295]) and, in 1913, a "full crew" law requiring 3 switch "helpers" in all cities of the first and second class where switching movements were made across public crossings within the city limits (Ark. Laws 1913, Act No. 67 [page 211]). The validity of these laws was promptly questioned. The contest...

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