Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Florida Ex Rel. Ellis

Citations

• 203 U.S. 256
• 27 S. Ct. 108
• 51 L. Ed. 174
• 1906 U.S. LEXIS 1587

Syllabus

<p>Where the state law provides that rates established by .the railroad. commission are to be taken in all courts as •prima facie just and reasonable, and there is nothing in the record from which a reasonable deduction can be made as to the cost of transportation, or the amount transported of the single article in regard to which an intrastate -rate has been established and complained of, or how that rate will affect the income of the railroad company, this court will not disturb the finding of the highest court of the State that the rate was reasonable, and hold that it amounted to a deprivation of the company’s property without due process of law.</p>