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Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell, 244 U.S. 310 (1917)
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Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell, 244 U.S. 310 (1917)
Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell No. 213 Submitted April 24, 1917 Decided June 4, 1917 244 U.S. 310
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
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That provision of the "Blow-Post" law of Georgia (Civil Code, 1910, §§ 2675-2677) which requires railroad companies to check the speed of trains before public road crossings so that trains may be stopped in time should any person or thing be crossing the track there is a direct and unconstitutional interference with interstate commerce as applied to the state of facts specifically pleaded by the defendant interstate carrier in this case, whereby it appears that, to comply with the requirement, the interstate train in question would have been obliged to come practically to a stop at each of 124 ordinary grade crossings within a distance of 123 miles in Georgia extending from Atlanta to the South Carolina line, and that more than six hours would thus have been added to the schedule time of four hours and thirty minutes. Southern Railway Co. v. King, 217 U.S. 524, distinguished.
16 Ga.App. 504, reversed.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell, 244 U.S. 310 (1917) in 244 U.S. 310 Original Sources, accessed July 8, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9QWY87HZ2S59XSF.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell, 244 U.S. 310 (1917), in 244 U.S. 310, Original Sources. 8 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9QWY87HZ2S59XSF.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell, 244 U.S. 310 (1917). cited in 1917, 244 U.S. 310. Original Sources, retrieved 8 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9QWY87HZ2S59XSF.
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