Interstate Commerce Commission v. A. W. Stickle & Co.

RICE, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Interstate Commerce Commission, (hereinafter referred to as Commission), alleges that the defendant, A. W. Stickle & Company, a corporation (hereinafter referred to as Company), is engaged in the transportation of lumber in interstate commerce for compensation without having complied with the requirements of what is commonly known as the Motor Carrier Act 1935, 49 U.S.C.A. §§ 301-327 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The Company contends that it is engaged primarily in the wholesale lumber business with its principal office at Oklahoma City, buying…