Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co. v. Michigan Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MICHIGAN. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the due process provision of the Fourteenth Amendment of an order granting a writ of mandamus enforcing obedience to an order of the Michigan Railroad Commission directing a railroad company to relay tracks removed by it from a logging spur, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MICHIGAN. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the due process provision of the Fourteenth Amendment of an order granting a writ of mandamus enforcing obedience to an order of the Michigan Railroad Commission directing a railroad company to relay tracks removed by it from a logging spur, are stated in the opinion. It was not competent for the Supreme Court of Michigan while the case in the Wayne Circuit was pending and undetermined to order the railroad company to restore the Tubbs Branch .and to resume service thereon. The failure of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was a petition to the Supreme Court of Michigan by the Railroad Commission of that State for a writ of mandamus to enforce obedience to an order of the commission directing the Detroit & Mackinac,Railway Company to relay one-half mile of rails removed by it from a five-mile logging spur, called Tubbs Branch, and to resume service thereon. The railroad company answered, and, after a Rearing, the court granted the writ subject to a condition presently' to be stated. 178 Michigan, 230.
The commission’s action was invoked by a complaint presented by the Fletcher Paper Company, of which the…
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