State ex rel. Coleman v. Pullman Co.

Citations

• 75 Kan. 664
• 90 P. 319
• 1907 Kan. LEXIS 111

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Constitutional Law — Impairment of the Obligation of Contracts. The Pullman Company, a corporation of the state of Illinois, contracted with the railway companies operating lines of interstate railroads in Kansas to furnish ' them a sufficient number of Pullman cars to meet the demands of the traveling public for that kind of service, to equip such cars for use, to provide conductors and porters for them, and to supply Pullman accommodations to railway passengers holding proper tickets, without discrimination between such passengers, reserving the right to charge and collect from passengers demanding, the service compensation therefor. Subsequently the legislature enacted a law requiring foreign corporations to. comply with certain conditions, including the payment of charter fees, for the privilege of transacting intrastate business, to which law the Pullman Company refuses to submit. Held, that a judgment ousting it from the franchise of charging and collecting compensation for Pullman accommodations furnished to passengers taken up and set down within the limits of the state does not violate the obligation of its contracts with the railway companies.</p> <p>2. Foreign Corporations — State Control of Domestic Business. Other questions of law decided in this case are covered by the syllabus and opinion in the case of The State v. Telegraph Co., ante, p. 609.</p>