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Fort Smith Light & Traction Co. v. Bourland, 267 U.S. 330 (1925)
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Fort Smith Light & Traction Co. v. Bourland, 267 U.S. 330 (1925)
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Fort Smith Light & Traction Company v. Bourland No. 220 Argued January 22, 1925 Decided March 2, 1925 267 U.S. 330
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
Syllabus
An order in effect requiring a street railway company to continue operating a part of one of its lines, though it was unremunerative and must be practically rebuilt at great expense to conform to a change of street grade, and though the railway as a whole, under existing rates, was not earning a fair return, held not arbitrary and not violative of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 332.
160 Ark. 1 affirmed.
Error to a judgment of the Supreme Court of Arkansas which affirmed a judgment dismissing a bill brought by the traction company to set aside an order made by the city commissioners denying it leave to abandon a part of one of its lines. The opinion is here printed as amended by an order of April 27, 1925, which also denied a petition for rehearing.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Fort Smith Light & Traction Co. v. Bourland, 267 U.S. 330 (1925) in 267 U.S. 330 267 U.S. 331. Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JM29233WK6Y2E4Q.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Fort Smith Light & Traction Co. v. Bourland, 267 U.S. 330 (1925), in 267 U.S. 330, page 267 U.S. 331. Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JM29233WK6Y2E4Q.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Fort Smith Light & Traction Co. v. Bourland, 267 U.S. 330 (1925). cited in 1925, 267 U.S. 330, pp.267 U.S. 331. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JM29233WK6Y2E4Q.
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