Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Solan

Citations

• 169 U.S. 133
• 18 S. Ct. 268
• 42 L. Ed. 688
• 1898 U.S. LEXIS 1478

Syllabus

<p>A statute of a State, providing that no contract shall exempt any railroad • corporation from the liability of a common carrier, or carrier of passengers, which would have existed if rib contract had been made, does not, as applied to a claim for an injury happening within the State under a contract for interstate transportation, contravene the provision of the • Constitution of the United States empowering Congress to regulate interstate commerce.</p>