GREAT NORTHERN RY. CO. V. CAHILL, 253 U. S. 71 (1920)

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U.S. Supreme Court

Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Cahill, 253 U.S. 71 (1920)

Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Cahill

No. 124

Argued January 13, 1920

Decided May 17, 1920

253 U.S. 71

Syllabus

An order of a state railroad commission requiring a railroad to install and maintain cattle scales, passed to facilitate trading in cattle and not for any reason having substantial relation to their transportation, violates due process of law. P. 253 U. S. 75. Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Minnesota, 238 U. S. 340.

40 S.D. 55 reversed.

The case is stated in the opinion.