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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. U.S. EX REL. HUMBOLDT STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 859.

224 U.S. 474 (1912)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. HUMBOLDT STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P.J. Farrell for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles D. Drayton, with whom Mr. John B. Daish and Mr. James Wickersham were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The ultimate question in the case is whether Alaska is a Territory of the United States within the meaning of the Interstate Commerce Act as amended.

The Interstate Commerce Commission resolved the question in the negative and dismissed the petition of the Humboldt Steamship Company, the relator, which alleged violations of the act by the White Pass & Yukon...

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