Interstate Commerce Commission v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. The Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway Company, a corporation- of the State of Michigan, operates a railroad wholly within that State, running westwardly from Detroit to Grand Haven. In connection with eastern roads it is engaged in interstate commerce. Upon its line are the cities of Ionia and Grand Rapids, distant 124 and 157% miles from Detroit respectively.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. The Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway Company, a corporation- of the State of Michigan, operates a railroad wholly within that State, running westwardly from Detroit to Grand Haven. In connection with eastern roads it is engaged in interstate commerce. Upon its line are the cities of Ionia and Grand Rapids, distant 124 and 157% miles from Detroit respectively. It has an established tariff of freight rates to these points from New York, Philadelphia and other points east of Detroit. On September 18, 1888, Stone & Garten, retail…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
The petition of Stone & Garten, retail merchants at Ionia, addressed to the Interstate Commerce Commission, alleged violations by the railway company of sections 2, 3 and 4 of the interstate commerce act.
The opinion of the Commission sustained the petition avowedly under section 4 of the act, but their order or decree appears to have been based upon both sections 4 and 6. The Circuit Court, as we gather from the opinion of Circuit Judge Taft and the dissenting opinion of District Judge Severens, treated the case as arising under alleged violations of sections 2, 3 and 4. 27 Fed. Rep. 1005.
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