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ATLANTIC COAST LINE v. GEORGIA

No. 24.

234 U.S. 280 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 829

58 L.Ed. 1312

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. STATE OF GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry L. Stone, with whom Mr. Alfred P. Thom, Mr. Alexander Hamilton and Mr. Robert C. Alston were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas S. Felder, Attorney General of the State of Georgia, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the plaintiff in error, was convicted of violating a statute of the State of Georgia known as the `headlight law.' Pub. Laws (Ga.), 1908, pp. 50. 51; Civil Code, § 2697, 2698. In defense it was insisted that the act contravened the commerce clause and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. On appeal...

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