Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co. v. Michigan Railroad Commission
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent; Brown, J. Bill by the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company against the Michigan Railroad Commission for an injunction and other relief. From a decree for defendant, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Kent; Brown, J. Bill by the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company against the Michigan Railroad Commission for an injunction and other relief. From a decree for defendant, complainant appeals. In May, 1908, a voluntary association, called the Michigan Manufacturers’ Association, filed with the Michigan Railroad Commission a petition against the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company, in which it is alleged that it is a practice and regulation of the said company to require the execution of a certain lease or. agreement (setting out a copy) as a condition precedent “to the…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). The Michigan Railroad Commission is a body possessing limited powers, to be ascertained by reference to the statute creating it. It may enforce its orders by application to the courts, and its orders are reviewable by the courts. In proceedings before it, unnecessary formality is, and should be, dispensed with, and complaints such as were made in the matters now before us ought to be considered, as the commission in its opinion says, with reference to “the real substance of the issue presented.”
But the necessity for distinct issues,, discoverable from the record…
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