New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. New York

Citations

• 165 U.S. 628
• 17 S. Ct. 418
• 41 L. Ed. 853
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2002

Syllabus

<p>The statutes of New York regulating the heating of steam passenger oars, and directing guards and guard-posts to be placed on railroad bridges and trestles and the approaches thereto (paws of 1887, c. 616, Laws of ' 1888, c. 189), were passed in the exercise of powers resting in the State in the absence of action by Congress, and, when applied to interstate commerce, do not violate the Constitution of the United States.</p>