Aluminum Co. of America v. Ramsey

Citations

• 222 U.S. 251
• 32 S. Ct. 76
• 56 L. Ed. 185
• 1911 U.S. LEXIS 1781

Syllabus

<p>Although a statute increasing the liability of corporations may, as^ to corporations of the State, be an exercise of the reserved powgr to alter, amend and repeal, the application of that principle as to foreign' corporations depends on many considerations and involves Federal questions.</p> <p>Whether or not a classification merely between all corporations and partnerships and individuals offends the equal protection clause, a classification of corporations operating railroads and individuals • does not offend that provision of the Constitution.</p> <p>■ One within a distinct class which is properly subject to classification cannot question the constitutionality of the classification on the . ground that it is too broad and includes others outside of that class.</p> <p>Although the state court may have applied the statute to plaintiff in error merely as a corporation, if the record shows that it is a corpóra- • tion of a kind properly classified by the statute and therais equality within that class, the statute will not be held invalid as repugnant to the equal protection clause of the Constitution.</p> <p>89 Arkansas, 522, affirmed.</p>