Legal Opinion
American Toll Bridge Co. v. Railroad Commission
California Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 1938No. S. F. 16006PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
The purpose of this proceeding is to review an order of the Railroad Commission reducing the tolls for automobiles and passengers over the Carquinez bridge. The main question is whether the rates so fixed are so low as to be confiscatory. Other questions also require determination.
On February 5, 1923, the board of supervisors of Contra Costa County granted to the Rodeo-Vallejo Ferry Company a twenty-five year franchise to construct and operate the Carquinez bridge across Carquinez straits between Crockett in Contra Costa County and Valona in Solano County. On June 4, 1923, the same…
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