Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Kohler

Citations

• 107 Kan. 673
• 193 P. 323
• 15 A.L.R. 333
• 1920 Kan. LEXIS 147

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Railroads — Right to Control Use of Its Private Property — Validity of Grant of Special Privilege to Certain Cabmen to the Exclusion of Others. A railway company by contract may grant to a firm of cab and baggage men an exclusive privilege to board its passenger trains to solicit the patronage of passengers and to arrange for their safe and expeditious transportation'to other railroad stations; and may also grant to such firm an exclusive right to stand its vehicles on a portion of the property owned by the railway company when the space so granted is not required for the necessary and convenient use of the public having business with the railway company; and in the absence of valid statutory authority a city may not authorize its police officers to interfere with the reasonable exercise of the exclusive privileges so granted.</p>