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ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY v. KENTUCKY

No. 586.

166 U.S. 171 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 527

41 L.Ed. 960

ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, v. KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 15, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., for appellant. Mr. Clarence A. Seward, Mr. James C. Carter and Mr. Frank H. Platt were on the brief.

Mr. William J. Hendrick for appellee.

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

Section 4077 of the compilation of the Kentucky statutes of 1894 provides that each of the enumerated companies or corporations; "every other like company, corporation or association"; and also "every other corporation, company or association having or exercising any special or exclusive privilege or franchise not allowed by law to natural persons, or performing any public service...

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