Lowden v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 1984
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chesapeake Ohio Railway Company v. Public Service Commission of the State of West Virginia · Kurn v. State · Kurn v. State · Lowden v. State · Lowden v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““One of the duties of a railroad company doing business as a common carrier is that of providing reasonably adequate facilities for serving the public. This duty arises out of the acceptance and enjoyment of the powers and privileges granted by the state, and endures so long as they are retained. It represents a part of what the company undertakes to do in return for them, and its performance cannot be avoided merely because it will be attended by some pecuniary loss.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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