McLean v. Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad

4 S.E. 769, 96 N.C. 1

• Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
• Decided: February 5, 1887
• Status: Published

Opinion

Smith, C. J.

The action is prosecuted against the defendant company as the lessee of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad Company, in possession of and operating its road, to recover the penalty given in §1966 of The Oode. In view of our decision in McGwigan v. Railroad, 95 N. C., 428, it becomes unnecessary to consider the particular rulings in the Court below shown in the record and intended for review in the appeal, since the same fundamental difficulty lies in the way of maintaining the action, as in other similar cases. The complaint discloses a case where the contract was for the transportation of the goods from Mooresville on the road, to the city of Philadelphia, at a fixed price for the whole route.

It is not, therefore, within the terms of the statute, and if it were, the carriage comes within interstate commerce, the regulátion of which vests exclusively in Congress. This .action must be dismissed at plaintiff’s costs.

No error. Affirmed.