(Download) "Pullman Company v. State Kansas Ex Rel. Coleman" by Supreme Court of the United States ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Pullman Company v. State Kansas Ex Rel. Coleman
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 31, 1910
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 79 KB
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This is a proceeding in quo warrantor, instituted by the State in the Supreme court of Kansas against the Pullman Company, a corporation of Illinois, in which the State, by its petition, prays that the defendant be required to show by what authority it exercises within Kansas the corporate right and power of charging compensation for the use of reserved seats in its cars by day and sleeping berths during the night and of serving meals in its dining cars within the State of Kansas, such services, it is alleged, being rendered to and said fees being collected from passengers transferring upon railroads from places within the State to other places within the State; and that it be adjudged that the defendant has no authority of law for the performance of such corporate acts, powers, franchises and business in the State of Kansas, and be ousted of and from the exercise within the State of the said corporate rights and franchises and of receiving compensation therefor.