Valley & Siletz Railroad v. Flagg

This is an appeal by Valley & Siletz Bailroad Company from a decree of the circuit court which affirmed an order entitled No. 25218 entered July 7, 1950, by George H. Flagg, Public Utilities Commissioner. Order No. 25218 prescribed rates for intrastate log shipments on the line of the appellant railroad. The appellant claims that the rate is confiscatory and will result in an annual loss of revenue by it of $25,000. The respondents are three in number. One is the Public Utilities Commissioner, who, at the time of the appeal, was Mr. George H. Flagg, but who now is Mr. Charles H. Heltzel. The…