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GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FÉ RAILWAY CO. v. ELLIS

No. 133.

165 U.S. 150 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 255

41 L.Ed. 666

GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FÉ RAILWAY COMPANY v. ELLIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.D. Kenna and Mr. J.W. Terry for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendant in error.

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

The single question in this case is the constitutionality of the act allowing attorney's fees. The contention is that it operates to deprive the railroad companies of property without due process of law, and denies to them the equal protection of the law, in that it singles them out of all citizens and corporations, and requires them to pay in...

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