Commissioner of Railroads v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co.

This is certiorari to review proceedings of the circuit court in which a mandamus was issued requiring respondent to reduce its fare. It appears that the respondent was organized as a corporation on the loth of July, 1896, under the railway law then in *250force, which, in paragraph 9 of section 9(2 Comp. Laws,, § 6234), fixes the rate of fare of railroad companies whose passenger trains earn more than $2,000 per mile at 2£ cents per mile. The respondent comes within this provision. The respondent company was organized, however, by purchasers of the property of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad…