Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. MacKey
Citations
- 127 U.S. 205
- 8 S. Ct. 1161
- 32 L. Ed. 107
- 1888 U.S. LEXIS 1980
Syllabus
<p>Tbe statute of Kansas of 1874, c. 93, § 1, p. 143, Comp. Laws Kansas, 1881, p. 784, which provides that “ Every railroad company organized or doing business in this State shall be liable for all damages done to any employé of such company in consequence of any negligence of its agents, or by any mismanagement of its engineers, or other employés, to any person sustaining such damage,” does not deprive a railroad company of its property without due process of law; and does not deny to it the equal protection of the laws; and is not in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in either of these respects.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- stating “the hazardous character of the business of operating a railway would seem to call for special legislation with respect to railroad corporations, having for its object the protection of their employes (sic) as well as the safety of the public”
- noting “the hazardous character of the business of operating a railway would seem to call for special legislation with respect to railroad corporations, having for its object the protection of their employes (sic) as well as the safety of the public”
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