Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county :'E. Rat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. Tbey contended, inter alia, that it appeared from the findings of the court, as well as from the record of the hearing before the Commission, that the Commission considered, in addition to the evidence introduced, its own knowledge and facts ascertained by its own investigations but not introduced in evidence or made a part of the records.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county :'E. Rat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. Tbey contended, inter alia, that it appeared from the findings of the court, as well as from the record of the hearing before the Commission, that the Commission considered, in addition to the evidence introduced, its own knowledge and facts ascertained by its own investigations but not introduced in evidence or made a part of the records. Such a method of fixing rates violates the constitutional requirement of “due process of law” and that justice be administered “conformably to law.” Interstate…
1Opinion of the CourtTiMLiN, J.
The appellant commenced this action against the respondent' as authorized by sec. 1797 — 16, Stats., to review an order of the respondent Commission bearing date November 23, 1912, requiring appellant to establish a rate of 1.7 cents per 100 pounds for the transportation of ice from Silver Springs, Wisconsin, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, instead of the rate of two cents per 100 pounds theretofore existing, and awarding plaintiff reparation upon all shipments moved between said point's from January 16, 1911, to September 30, 1911, at the rate of three tenths of one cent for each 100 pounds…
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