The American and English Railroad Cases (Volume 56); A Collection of All Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and England [1879?-1895]. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1894 Excerpt: ... THE AMERICAN AND ENGLISH RAILROAD CASES, VOL. LVI. Ilwaco Kailboad & Navigation Co. v. Obegon Shobt Line & Utah Nobtheen B. Co. (17. 8. Circuit Court of Appeal, 9tA Circuit, July 17, 1898, 57 Fed. Sep. 678.) Interstate Commerce Act--Discrimination against Competing Line--Steamboat Wharf.--A transportation company operating connecting railroad and steamship lines is not required by the Interstate Commerce Act to allow the steamboats of a competing line to land at its wharf, since the steamboat and railroad lines belonging to the said company cannot be construed as connecting lines under the said act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the western division of the District of Washington. In Equity. The decision of the circuit court is reported in 50 Am. & Eng. E. Cas. 554. Thomas N. Strong (C, W. Fvtton and C. A. Dolph, on the brief), for appellant. W. W. Cotton (Zero, Snow, on the brief), for appellee., McKENNA, Circuit Court Judge.--The plaintiff contends that defendant, by preventing it from landing its boats at a wharf owned and used by the defendant, discriminates against it, contrary to section 3 of the Interstate Commerce Act. The facts are as follows: That prior to the month of August, 1888, the defendant was named the Ilwaco Steam Navigation Company, but in that month it filed supplemental articles of incorporation, changing its name to Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Company, and proceeded to construct a line of railway from a point at or near the town of Ilwaco on the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Washington, to a point on the navigable waters of Shoal Water Bay, in Pacific county. That the construction of said railway was commenced before, but completed after, the filing of said sitpplemental articles. That prior to the constructio...