United States ex rel. Abilene & S. Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellant railway company appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denying a writ of mandamus against appellee, Interstate Commerce Commission, to require it to “ascertain the facts and to perform the duties required of it by section 204 of the Transportation Act of 1920 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10Q71%bbb), and specifically to ascertain the amount of the deficit in its railway operating income for the period from January 1, 1918, to July 1, 1918, during which the relator operated its own railroad or system of transportation,…