Ilwaco Ry. & Nav. Co. v. Oregon Short Line & U. N. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the District of Washington. In Equity. Bill by the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Company against the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Company for violation of the interstate commerce act. A decree was rendered for complainant. 51 Fed. Rep. 611. Respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McKENNA, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff contends that defendant. by preventing it from landing its boats at a wharf owned and used by defendant, discriminates against it, contrary to section 3 of the interstate commerce act.
The facts are as follows:
That prior to the month of August, 1888, the defendant was named the Ilwaco Steam Navigation Company, but in that month it filed supplemental articles of incorporation, changing its name to Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Company, and proceeded to construct a line of railway from a point at or near the town of Ilwaco on the Pacific ocean, in the state of…
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