Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-16 | Page 1 | Nevada Starts Test Case

NEVADA STARTS SMS TEST TES CASE CASEReno Reno Nev Oct 15 A complaint was flied filed yesterday before Judge Pollock in inthe Inthe Inthe the justice e court at Sparks by Attorney General Stoddard agaInst the Southern Pacific Pa company having baving for its purpose a test of the constitutionality of the law relating to what is known as the full crew act ad Th The complaint charges that the railroad lias hlis violated this newlen acted law in failing to have the he required six men to constitute the crew of a fifty car freight train This action was taken at the instigation tion of the th Nevada railroad commission which bases its suit on the act ct of the th railroad on Sept 17 when a freight fr train w was 0 maintained between Sparks and Im Ire Imlay Imla lay la consisting of 72 7 cars car with a n crew of but five men no flagman accompanying the train claim is made madO that toot for a time following the enactment by the last legislature the law l was compiled with by bythe bythe bythe the railroad but after a while its require requirements meats ments were ere violated violat d