State ex rel. Great Northern Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission
Washington Supreme Court
Cross-appeals from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered November 20, 1909, on certiorari to review certain orders of the railroad commission, requiring the furnishing of railroad service and facilities, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The railroad commission instituted an inquiry upon its own motion against the Great Northern Railway Company, touching the adequacy of service rendered and facilities furnished at different stations and places upon its line of railway. Hearings were had and evidence adduced relative to the matters involved, and at the conclusion thereof the commission made orders requiring the. railway company to furnish certain services and facilities. The railway company, deeming itself aggrieved by certain of these orders, and desiring to have them reviewed and their reasonableness and lawfulness inquired…
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