State ex rel. Caster v. Dickinson

Citations

• 101 Kan. 660
• 168 P. 838
• 1917 Kan. LEXIS 171

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Railroads — Interstate Commerce — Statute Requiring Interstate Passenger Trains to Stop Near State Line Unconstitutional. Chapter 283 of the Laws of 1915, making it the duty of the public utilities commission to require interstate railroad companies to provide proper facilities, and to stop all passenger trains a reasonable time at or near the state line, was not the product of an exercise of the police power, undertakes to regulate interstate commerce in a matter already regu-' lated by proper federal authority, casts an unwarranted burden on interstate railroad commerce, deprives interstate railroad companies of their property in lawfully established interstate passenger fares, and is unconstitutional and void.</p>