W. W. Cargill Co. v. Minnesota

Citations

• 180 U.S. 452
• 21 S. Ct. 423
• 45 L. Ed. 619
• 1901 U.S. LEXIS 1318

Syllabus

<p>Chapter 148 of the General Laws of Minnesota for the year 1895, entitled “an act to regulate the receipt, storage and shipment of grain at elevators • and warehouses on the right of way of railroads, depot grounds and other lands used in connection with such line of railway in the State of Minnesota, at stations and sidings, other than at terminal points,” contained in sections 1 and 2 the following provisions: “Section 1. All elevators and warehouses in which grain is received, stored, shipped or handled and which are situated on the right of way of any railroad, depot grounds or any lands acquired or reserved by any railroad company in this State to be used in connection with its line of railway at any station or siding in this State, other than at terminal points, are hereby declared to be public elevators and shall be under the supervision and subject to the inspection of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota, and shall, for the purposes of this act, be known and designated as public country elevators or country warehouses. It shall be unlawful to receive, ship, store or handle any grain in any such elevator or warehouse, unless the owner or owners thereof shall have procured a license therefor from the state Railroad and Warehouse Commission, which license shall be issued for the fee of one (1) dollar per year, and only upon written application under oath, specifying the location of such elevator or warehouse and the name of the person, firm or corporation owning and operating such elevator or warehouse and the names of all the members of the firm or the names of all the officers of the corporation owning and operating such elevator or warehouse and all moneys received for such licenses shall be turned over to the state grain inspection fund. Such license shall confer upon the licensee-full authority to operate such warehouse or elevator in accordance with the laws of this State and the rules and regulations prescribed by said commi