Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered March 18, 1909, sustaining an order of the railroad commission requiring the construction and operation of a spur track to facilitate the shipment of timber products.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment of the superior court of Pierce county, affirming an order of the railroad commission requiring the appellant to construct and operate a spur track from its main line road to the sawmill of one H. A. Burnham. The appellant owns and operates a line of railroad extending from Tacoma easterly and southeasterly- through the state, and southerly through Rainier and McIntosh to the Columbia river. Rainier and McIntosh are stations about four miles apart. Mr. Burnham owns and operates a sawmill about midway between the stations and about three hundred feet…
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