PUBLIC UTIL. COMMRS. v. COMPANIA GENERAL

No. 253.

249 U.S. 425 (1919)

BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS v. COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward S. Bailey for appellant and plaintiff in error.

Mr. F.C. Fisher for appellee and defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

By a judgment rendered March 8, 1916, the court below annulled an order of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the Philippine Islands requiring a corporate common carrier to report annually various matters pertaining to its finances and operations, the ground of the judgment being that § 16 (e) of Act 2307 of the local legislature, under which the board acted, violated the organic law...

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