United States ex rel. Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs R. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs Railroad Company, hereafter for convenience referred to as relator, brought a suit in mandamus in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to compel the Interstate Commerce Commission, appellee herein, and hereafter referred to as the Commission, to issue to relator a certificate showing the amount payable to it, under section 204 of the Transportation Act of 1920. 41 Stat. 460 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10071í4bbb). The Commission answered, to which relator joined issue. On hearing, the court dismissed…