Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Cahill, 253 U.S. 71 (1920)

Name: Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Cahill, 253 U.S. 71 (1920) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Cahill

No. 124

Argued January 13, 1920
Decided May 17, 1920
253 U.S. 71

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT

OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Syllabus

An order of a state railroad commission requiring a railroad to install and maintain cattle scales, passed to facilitate trading in cattle and not for any reason having substantial relation to their transportation, violates due process of law. P. 75. Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Minnesota, 238 U.S. 340.

40 S.D. 55 reversed.

The case is stated in the opinion.

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