Golden Gate Ferry Co. v. Railroad Commission

PBBSTON, J., Concurring.

I concur in the judgment, but prefer to base my conclusion upon the following grounds:

This proceeding requires the court to declare the legislative mind when enacting on the fifteenth day of June, 1923 (Stats. 1923, p. 834), subdivision d of section 50 of the Public Utilities Act (Deering’s Gen. Laws, part two, p. 2863, title 464), which reads in part: “No corporation or person, their lessees, trustee, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whosoever shall hereafter operate or cause to be operated, any vessel between points exclusively on the inland waters of…