Campbell River Mills Co. v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P. R. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
The plaintiff, owner of a large contiguous tract of timber lying in British Columbia and the United States, northerly of a place known as Columbia Valley in the United States, in 1922 constructed a logging railroad into this land from the United States for the purpose of logging the same, and made physical connection, with the consent of the defendant, with the defendant’s railroad at Columbia.
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The plaintiff, owner of a large contiguous tract of timber lying in British Columbia and the United States, northerly of a place known as Columbia Valley in the United States, in 1922 constructed a logging railroad into this land from the United States for the purpose of logging the same, and made physical connection, with the consent of the defendant, with the defendant’s railroad at Columbia. The logging road is, and was, a private carrier-. It owned a locomotive -and operated it with its own crew, and used logging trucks furnished by the defendant for bringing the logs from the forest and…
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
The state court admittedly had jurisdiction of the parties, but defendant challenges its jurisdiction of the subject-matter. Regulation of interstate commerce is exclusive in the federal courts only in exceptional eases where the jurisdiction is restricted by Congress. Grubb v. Public Utilities of Ohio, etc., 281 U. S. 470, 50 S. Ct. 374, 74 L. Ed. 972, decided May 19, 1930. There is no restriction here. This identical issue; the validity of the order of the Public Service Commission, was presented to and determined by the state court. The computation as to the amount…
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