PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO. v. TOWERS

No. 31.

245 U.S. 6 (1917)

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, LESSEE OF THE NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, v. TOWERS ET AL., CONSTITUTING THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 15, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.D. McKenney, with whom Mr. Henry Wolf Bikle, Mr. Shirley Carter and Mr. John Spalding Flannery were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W. Cabell Bruce for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action in the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City, Maryland, to enjoin the Public Service Commission of Maryland from enforcing an order to sell commutation tickets at certain rates specified. The injunction was refused, and on appeal the Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the decree and held that although the order fixing the rates declared the same to be...

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