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VANDALIA R.R. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMM.

No. 81.

242 U.S. 255 (1916)

VANDALIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF INDIANA, AS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel O. Pickens, Mr. F.D. McKenney, Mr. D.P. Williams and Mr. Owen Pickens for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Evan B. Stotsenburg, Attorney General of the State of Indiana, Mr. Bert Winters, Mr. Burt New, and Mr. Wilbur T. Gruber for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The Railroad Commission of Indiana was created and broad powers were conferred upon it by an act approved February 28, 1905, and an amendatory act approved March 9, 1907. Acts 1905, p. 83; Acts 1907, p. 454; Burns' Ann. Ind. Stats. 1908, §§ 5531 et seq. By a later act (Acts 1909, p. 323), the Commission was specifically authorized and directed to investigate...

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