Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Co. v. Hefley

Citations

• 158 U.S. 98
• 15 S. Ct. 802
• 39 L. Ed. 910
• 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2233

Syllabus

<p>The Texas statute of May 6, 1882, making it unlawful for a railroad company in that State to charge and collect a greater sum for transporting freight than is specified in the bill of lading, is, when applied to freight, transported Into the State from a place without it, in conflict with the provision in section 6 of the Interstate Commerce Act of February 4, 1887, c. 104, 24 Stat. 379, as amended by the act of March 2, 1889, c. 382, 25 Stat. 855, that it shall be unlawful for such carrier to charge and • collect a greater'Qr less compensation for the transportation of the property than is specified in the published schedule of rates provided for by the act, and in force at the time ; and, being thus in conflict, it is not applicable to interstate shipments.</p> <p>When a state statute and a Federal statute operate upon the same subject matter, and prescribe different rules concerning it, and the Federal statute is one within the competency of Congress to enact, the state statute must give way.</p>