Railroad Commission v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

Citations

• 107 La. 450

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>The provision of Article 285 of the Constitution, conferring upon this court jurisdiction of suits brought against the Railroad Commission to test the validity of whatever rule, regulation, etc., it may have adopted, cannot be made to apply to suits brought by the Railroad Commission to recover the amount of fines imposed by itself for violations of its ordinances. A suit of the latter hind is an ordinary suit falling within the general rule as to jurisdiction.</p>