United States Ex Rel. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion. To estimate the present cost of condemnation and damages or of purchase of lands included in plaintiff in error’s railroad is impossible, because it necessarily involves unwarrantable and unlawful assumptions.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion. To estimate the present cost of condemnation and damages or of purchase of lands included in plaintiff in error’s railroad is impossible, because it necessarily involves unwarrantable and unlawful assumptions. In the Minnesota Rate Cases, 230 U. S. 352, this court entertained the opinion that an estimate of the present'' cost of acquisition of the lands included in the right of way, yards, and terminals of a carrier could be made only upon the theory that the railroad would be removed before the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
The Act of Congress of March 1, 1913, c. 92, 37 Stat. 701, amending the “Act to regulate commerce,” imposed the duty upon the Interstate Commerce Commission (§ 19a) to “investigate, ascertain, and report the. value of all the property owned or used by every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act.” Specifying the steps to be taken in the performance of the general duties thus imposed, the same section commanded as follows:
“First. In such investigation said commission shall ascertain and report in detail as to each piece of property owned or used by said common carrier for its…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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