United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT. . The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission to require carriers to establish switch connections, áre stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT. . The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission to require carriers to establish switch connections, áre stated in the opinion. The words “lateral branch line” as used in the American statutes prior to their adoption by Congress would have permitted either of the railroad lines to construct this traction line under charters authorizing their construction of “lateral branch lines.” .Newhall v. Galena &c. R. R., 14 Illinois, 273, 274; McAboy’s Appeal, 107 Pa. St. 548, 557; Vollmer v. Schuylkill &c. Ry. Co., 115 Pa.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission directing the appellees to establish switch connections with the road of the appellant and also through routes to and from points on that road. 20 I. C. C. Rep. 486. The Commerce Court made a decree as prayed, 195 Fed. Rep. 962, and an appeal was taken to this court. The facts material to our decision are as follows. The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad and the Norfolk and Western Railway are trunk, lines of steam railroads running east and west across the State of Ohio. After almost touching each other at…
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