Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States ex rel. Arcata & Mad River Railroad

GRONER, Associate Justice.

Areata, & Mad River Railroad Company, which we shall call appellee, operated a narrow gauge line from Areata, Cal., where it connected with the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, to Korbel, Cal., a distance of about 13 miles. Its entire capital was owned by Northern Redwood Lumber Company, and it was' built primarily to transport the lumber company’s product for delivery to connecting carriers. Approximately 92 per cent, of its revenues were derived from traffic furnished by the lumber company. The Commission found as a fact that when the timber of the lumber company was…