Pontiac, Oxford & Northern Railroad v. Michigan Railroad Commission
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Ingham; Collingwood, J. Bill by the Pontiac, Oxford & Northern Railroad Company and others against the Michigan railroad commission and J. T. Wylie & Company and others, interveners, to review an order establishing freight rates. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
J. T. Wylie &- Company, manufacturers of certain forest products, together with other companies similarly engaged, filed their petition with the Michigan railroad commission complaining of certain tariff rates on such products in force on the several lines of railway in Michigan which go to make up what is known as the Grand Trunk Railway System, and praying for a reduction thereof. A hearing followed, testimony was takeif and a conclusion reached by the commission that the rates complained of were too high, unreasonable and out of proportion to the rates charged by other railroads for…
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