Atlantic, Suwannee River & Gulf Railway Co. v. State

Citations

• 42 Fla. 358

Syllabus

<p>1. Section s, Chapter 4205, Laws approved June 2, 1893, providing a remedy for enforcing compliance with the requirements of Section 1 of that act, authorizes the proceedings for that purpose to be instituted and conducted in equity.</p> <p>2. The legislature, under the police rower, may, in proper cases, require railroad companies whose roads cross or meet each other to construct such switches, side tracks, and connections as will enable them to transport cars to and from each other’s lines. Such regulations do not amount to a takine- of the companies property, for which compensation must be provided.</p> <p>3. In the absence of a showing that, as applied to a particular case, Section 1, Chapter 4205, Laws approved June 2, 1893, is an arbitrary or unreasonable regulation the court must assume tihat it is reasonable and consequently a valid regulation, passed in pursuance of the police power.</p>