Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission

Citations

• 240 U.S. 324
• 36 S. Ct. 260
• 60 L. Ed. 669
• 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1454

Syllabus

<p>It.is within the pbwer of a State, acting through an administrative board, to require railroad companies to make physical track connections where public necessity exists therefor.</p> <p>In determining whether such public necessity exists, just regard should be given on the one side to probably resulting advantages, and, on the other side, to the necessary expenses to be incurred.</p> <p>A finding of public necessity for a physical track connection cannot be supported by the mere declaration of the commission; there must be sufficient evidence to support it.</p> <p>In this case, held that the finding of the Railroad Commission of • Georgia that public necessity existed for a physical connection of tracks of two railroads at a point in the State, was, as held by both courts below, supported by the evidence, and the order of the Commission made pursuant to power conferred by § 2664, Georgia Code, was fully justified. ■ ,</p> <p>213 Fed. Rep. 27, affirmed:</p>