DELAWARE & HUDSON CO. v. U.S.

No. 212.

266 U.S. 438 (1925)

THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.T. Newcomb, with whom Mr. Walter C. Noyes was on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. P.J. Farrell for the Interstate Commerce Commission.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants are proprietors of the railroads which make up the system now operated by The Delaware and Hudson Company. Purporting to proceed as required by § 19a, Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, (Acts of March 1, 1913, c. 92, 37 Stat. 701; February 28, 1920, c. 91, 41 Stat. 456, 493; June 7, 1922, c. 210, 42 Stat. 624) the Interstate Commerce Commission,...

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