Legal Opinion · Dissent
State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 15, 1921Published
1DissentWhitfield, J.
The alternative writ commands the respondents “to rebuild and repair” a wharf between the railroad depot and the St. Johns River.
In a former opinion overruling a demurrer to the return, denying motions to strike portions of the return, and denying a peremptory writ on the pleadings herein, it was held that the Federal Canal Act of August 24, 1912, giving to the Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction to regulate stated common carriers and their transportation business, including the establishment of ’’physical connection between the lines of the rail carrier and the dock of the water…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Savage v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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- Smith v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- WILLSON AND OTHERS v. the Black Bird Creek Marsh CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1829
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