KNAPP v. LAKE SHORE RAILWAY CO.

No. 251.

197 U.S. 536 (1905)

KNAPP v. LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General McReynolds and Mr. L.A. Shaver, Solicitor for the Interstate Commerce Commission, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. George C. Greene for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Petition for mandamus filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio by the Interstate Commerce Commissioners against the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. The railway company moved to dismiss the petition on the ground that the court had no original jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus. The motion was granted and...

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