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DARNELL v. EDWARDS

No. 216.

244 U.S. 564 (1917)

DARNELL v. EDWARDS ET AL., CONSTITUTING THE MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roger Montgomery, with whom Mr. William P. Metcalf was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. James N. Flowers, Mr. George H. Ethridge, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, Mr. James Stone and Mr. J.B. Harris for appellees, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant filed his bill in the District Court against the members of the Mississippi Railroad Commission, an administrative body having the usual powers, in which he sought relief by injunction against an order prescribing maximum rates on logs in carload lots transported in intrastate commerce, upon a railroad operated by him; the ground of his complaint being that the rates were so low as to be confiscatory...

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