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ST. LOUIS, I. MT. & SO. RY. CO. v. WILLIAMS

No. 66.

251 U.S. 63 (1919)

40 S.Ct. 71

64 L.Ed. 139

ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. WILLIAMS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert E. Wiley, with whom Mr. Edward J. White and Mr. Edgar B. Kinsworthy were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

By a statute of Arkansas, regulating rates for the transportation of passengers between points within the State, any railroad company that demands or collects a greater compensation than the statute prescribes is subjected "for every such offense" to a penalty of "not less than fifty dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars and costs of suit, including a reasonable...

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