Crutcher v. Kentucky

Citations

• 141 U.S. 47
• 11 S. Ct. 851
• 35 L. Ed. 649
• 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2497

Syllabus

<p>The act of the legislature of Kentucky of March 2, 1860, “ to regulate agencies of foreign express companies,” which provides that the agent-of an express company not incorporated by the laws of that State shall not carry on business there without first obtaining a license from the State, and that, preliminary thereto, he shall satisfy the auditor of the State that the-company he represents is possessed of an actual capital of at least $160,000, and that if he engages in §uch business without license he shall be subject to'fine, is a regulation of interstate commerce so far as applied to a corporation of another' State engaged in that business, and is, to that extent, repugnant to the Constitution of the United States.</p>