Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co. v. Osborn
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan, which affirmed an order of the Circuit Court of Kent County, Michigan, awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan, which affirmed an order of the Circuit Court of Kent County, Michigan, awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus. By the writ the plaintiff in error was, in effect, commanded to reduce its rates for the transportation of passengers over its lines of railroad from three cents per mile to two and one-half cents per mile, as required by an act of the legislature of Michigan known as Act 202 of the session óf 1889-, The Grand Eapids and Indiana Eailroad…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice ~White,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
A jurisdictional question which was raised by the defendant in error requires first to be disposed of. It was objected, that the judgment of the Supreme Court of Michigan in the. case- at bar was not based upon a Federal question, and hence this court is, it is urged, without jurisdiction to entertain this writ" of error. The objection, however, is not well founded. It is plain from the averments of the answer of the railroad company to the petition in mandamus that the company relied upon the…
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