Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. Massachusetts
Citations
- 207 U.S. 79
- 28 S. Ct. 26
- 52 L. Ed. 111
- 1907 U.S. LEXIS 1203
Syllabus
<p>Requirements contained in another statute or document may be incorporated in a charter by generic or specific reference and, if clearly identified, the charter has the same effect as if it itself contained the restrictive words, and the question of the constitutionality of the statute referred- to is immaterial.</p> <p>A street railway corporation taking a legislative charter subject to all duties .and restrictions set forth in all general laws relating to corporations of that class cannot complain of the unconstitutionality of a prior enacted statute compelling them to transport children attending public schools at half price.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- “If the charter, instead of writing out the requirements of Rev. Laws, 112, § 72, referred specifically to another document expressing them, and purported to incorporate it, of course the charter would have the same effect as if it itself contained the words.”
- “the great constitutional provisions for the protection of property are not to be pushed to a logical extreme, but must be taken to permit the infliction of some fractional and relatively small losses without compensation, for some, at least, of the purposes of wholesome legislation”
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Judges: Holmes, Harlan, Moody
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