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PITTSBURG &C. COAL CO. v. LOUISIANA

No. 10.

156 U.S. 590 (1895)

15 S.Ct. 459

39 L.Ed. 544

PITTSBURG AND SOUTHERN COAL COMPANY, v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.S. Benedict and Mr. George A. King for plaintiff in error. Mr. Charles W. Hornor was on their brief.

Mr. George Gray for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

There is nothing in the provisions of the act of Louisiana providing for the appointment of two gaugers of coal and coke boats, which can properly be considered as regulations of commerce, in conflict with the power vested in Congress over the subject. They only prescribe the rule by which the capacity of the carrying vessels of coal and coke can be determined, and the weight of the coal...

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