ILLINOIS CENT. & c. R.R. v. INTER. COM. COMM.

No. 588.

206 U.S. 441 (1907)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, GULF AND SHIP ISLAND RAILROAD COMPANY, SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ed. Baxter for appellants.

Mr. L.A. Shaver, Mr. T.M. Miller and Mr. Marcellus Green, with whom Mr. Garner Wynn Green was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Counsel for appellants in his oral argument made the declaration that it would not be necessary for this court to open the pages of testimony contained in the record, and says in his supplemental brief:

"I do not insist that this court shall read the voluminous testimony contained in these records, but I do most respectfully ask it to lay down the rules or principles...

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