Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. State

Citations

• 69 Kan. 552
• 77 P. 286
• 1904 Kan. LEXIS 292

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Railroads—Railroad Commission Act Construed. The law creating a board of railroad commissioners for this state, and providing for the enforcement of orders made by that tribunal, expressly preserves all other remedies existing by virtue of statutes or of common law for the redress of grievances of which the board may take cognizance.</p> <p>2, Statutory Construction—Judicial Construction in State of its Origin Not Absolutely Controlling. The rule that the judicial construction given a statute in the state of its origin follows it into the state of its adoption is not absolutely controlling in all' cases, and it cannot prevail against an express provision inserted in the statute at the time of its adoption, indicating a different legislative intention.</p>