State ex rel. Public Utilities Commission v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MaRshall, J.:

In this action, the plaintiff seeks to compel the defendant to permit the public utilities commission and its agents, accountants, and examiners to inspect and examine the books, accounts, papers, records, property and memoranda concerning repairing, rebuilding, and making additions and betterments to locomotives, passenger and freight cars used by the defendant as a public utility and common carrier. The inspection and examination desired is of the books, accounts, etc., commencing in January, 1916, and running to November 7, 1923. The…