Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
W. Lon Johnson, of Colville, Wash., and O. C. Moore, of Spokane, Wash., for plaintiff.
John H. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John A. Homer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.
Plaintiff cites: Section 266, Judicial Code (28 USCA § 380); section 33, art. 2, Constitution of the state of Washington; section 4, chapter 50, Session Laws of 1921, state of Washington (section 10582, Remington's Compiled Statutes of Washington 1922, vol. 3); section 8, art. 1, Constitution of the United States; section 10, art. 1, Constitution of the United States; section 1, Amend. 14, Constitution of the United States; Commerce Treaty of 1815 between United States and Great Britain (8 U. S. Stat. 228); Smyth v. Ames, 169 U.S. 466, 478, 18 S.Ct. 418, 42 L. Ed. 819, 838; Risty v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co., 270 U.S. 378, 388, 46 S.Ct. 236, 70 L. Ed. 642-650; Terrace v. Thompson, 263 U.S. 197, 214, 44 S.Ct. 15, 68 L. Ed. 255, 274; Walla Walla Water Co. v. Walla Walla, 172 U.S. 1, 12, 19 S.Ct. 77, 43 L. Ed. 341, 346; Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590, 592, 37 S.Ct. 662, 61 L. Ed. 1336, 1342, L. R. A. 1917F, 1163, Ann. Cas. 1917D, 973; Truax v. Raich, 239 U.S. 33, 37, 36 S.Ct. 7, 60 L. Ed. 131, 133, L. R. A. 1916D, 545, Ann. Cas. 1917B, 283; Rast v. Van Deman & Lewis Co., 240 U.S. 342, 355, 36 S.Ct. 370, 60 L. Ed. 679, 686, L. R. A. 1917A, 421, Ann. Cas. 1917B, 455; Kennington v. Palmer, 255 U.S. 100, 41 S.Ct. 303, 65 L. Ed. 528; Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 126, 153, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52 L. Ed. 714, 730, 13 L. R. A. (N. S.) 932, 14 Ann. Cas. 764; Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydell, 278 U.S. 1, 49 S.Ct. 1, 73 L. Ed. 147; Ohio Oil Co. v. Conway, 49 S.Ct. 256, 73 L. Ed. ___; Liggett Co. v. Baldridge, 278 U.S. 105, 49 S.Ct. 57, 73 L. Ed. 204; State ex rel. Dunbar v. Shokuta, 131 Wn. 291, 293, 230 P. 166; State v. Taka Hirabayashi, 139 Wn. 696, 699, 246 P. 577; Siler v. Louisville & N. R. Co., 213 U.S. 175, 195, 29 S.Ct. 451, 53 L. Ed. 753, 757; Ohio Tax Cases, 232 U.S. 576, 586, 34 S.Ct. 372, 58 L. Ed. 738, 743; Greene v. Louisville & I. R. Co., 244 U.S. 499, 508, 37 S.Ct. 673, 61 L. Ed. 1280, 1286, Ann. Cas. 1917E, 88; United Fuel Gas Co. v. Railroad Commission, 278 U.S. 300, 49 S.Ct. 150, 73 L. Ed. 390; City of Dayton v. City Ry. Co. (C. C. A.) 16 F.2d 401, 403; State v. Natsuhara, 136 Wn. 437, 444, 240 P. 557; State v. Motomatsu, 139 Wn. 639, 247 P. 1032; 19 Corpus Juris, 865, 866, and cases cited in notes 50, 51; 9 R. C. L. 737; Branan v. Wimsatt, 54 App. D. C. 374, 298 F. 833, 836; Stovall v. Coggins Granite Co., 116 Ga. 376, 42 S. E. 723, 724; Ernst v. Allen et al., 55 Utah. 272, 184 P. 827, 829; Waller v. Hildebrecht, 295 Ill. 116, 128 N. E. 807, 809; Kershaw v. Burns, 91 S.C. 129, 74 S. E. 378, 379; 33 Cyc. 169; Reichenbach v. Washington Short Line R. Co., 10 Wn. 357, 38 P. 1126; Knapp v. Crawford, 16 Wn. 524, 48 P. 261; Spokane v. Colby, 16 Wn. 610, 48 P. 248; Pacific Iron Works v. Bryant Lumber & Shingle Mill Co., 60 Wn. 502, 111 P. 578; Neitzel v. Spokane International R. Co., 65 Wn. 100, 117 P. 864, 36 L. R. A. (N. S.) 522; Boatman v. Lasley, 23 Ohio St. 614; Stockdale v. Yerden, 220 Mich. 444, 190 N. W. 225; State ex rel. Winston v. Morrison, 18 Wn. 664, 52 P. 228; Myers v. Arthur, 135 Wn. 583, 238 P. 899; Salisbury v. Alskog, 144 Wn. 88, 256 P. 1030; Humphrey v. Krutz, 77 Wn. 152, 157, 137 P. 806; Columbus, etc., Co. v. Columbus, 249 U.S. 399, 39 S.Ct. 349, 63 L. Ed. 669, 676, 6 A. L. R. 1648; section 12, art. 1, Constitution of the State of Washington; Thompson on Corporations (3d Ed.) §§ 2184, 2185, 2186, and 2188; Frost v. Railroad Commission, 271 U.S. 583, 596, 46 S.Ct. 605, 70 L. Ed. 1101, 1106, 47 A. L. R. 457; Williams v. Standard Oil Co., 278 U.S. 235, 49 S.Ct. 115, 73 L. Ed. 287, 60 A. L. R. 596; Quaker City Cab Co. v. Penn., 277 U.S. 389, 400, 48 S.Ct. 553, 72 L. Ed. 927, 929; Public Utilities Comm. v. Attleboro Steam & E. Co., 273 U.S. 83, 86, 47 S.Ct. 294, 71 L. Ed. 549, 552; Simpson v. Shepard, 230 U.S. 352, 396, 33 S.Ct. 729, 57 L. Ed. 1511, 1540, 48 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1151, Ann. Cas. 1916A, 18; Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1-240, 6 L. Ed. 23; Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Penn., 114 U.S. 196, 204, 5 S.Ct. 826, 29 L. Ed. 158, 162; Penn. v. West Virginia, 262 U.S. 553, 596, 43 S.Ct. 658, 67 L. Ed. 1117, 1132, 32 A. L. R. 300; Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant, 257 U.S. 282, 291, 42 S.Ct. 106, 66 L. Ed. 239, 244; Shafer v. Farmers' Grain Co., 268 U.S. 196, 200, 45 S.Ct. 481, 69 L. Ed. 909, 915; Foster-Fountain Pack. Co. v. Haydel, 278 U.S. 1, 49 S.Ct. 1, 73 L. Ed. 147; Anderson v. Shipowners' Ass'n, 272 U.S. 359, 363, 47 S.Ct. 125, 71 L. Ed. 298, 301; Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251, 269, 38 S.Ct. 529, 62 L. Ed. 1101, 1105, 3 A. L. R. 649, Ann. Cas. 1918E, 724; South Carolina v. Georgia, 93 U.S. 4, 23 L. Ed. 782; Mondou v. N. Y., etc., R. Co., 223 U.S. 1, 47, 49, 32 S.Ct. 169, 56 L. Ed. 327, 345, 346, 38 L. R. A. (N. S.) 44; Smith v. Alabama, 124 U.S. 465, 473, 8 S.Ct. 564, 31 L. Ed. 508, 510; Di Santo v. Penn., 273 U.S. 34, 37, 47 S.Ct. 267, 71 L. Ed. 524, 526; Penn. Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission, 252 U.S. 23, 27, 40 S.Ct. 279, 64 L. Ed. 434, 441; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Ill. C. R. Co., 215 U.S. 452, 474, 30 S.Ct. 155, 54 L. Ed. 280, 289; Ozark Pipe Corp. v. Monier, 266 U.S. 555, 565, 45 S.Ct. 184, 69 L. Ed. 439, 443; Luckenbach S. S. Co. v. Denney (Wash.) 278 P. 419, 422; Mich. Public Utilities Comm. v. Duke, 266 U.S. 570, 45 S.Ct. 191, 69 L. Ed. 445, 36 A. L. R. 1105; Philadelphia, etc., S. S. Co. v. Penn., 122 U.S. 326, 7 S.Ct. 1118, 30 L. Ed. 1200; Lemke v. Farmers' Grain Co., 258 U.S. 50, 59, 42 S.Ct. 244, 66 L. Ed. 458, 464; Meyer v. Neb., 262 U.S. 390, 400, 43 S.Ct. 625, 67 L. Ed. 1042, 1045, 29 A. L. R. 1446; Washington ex rel. v. Kuykendall, 275 U.S. 207, 211, 48 S.Ct. 41, 72 L. Ed. 241, 245; Hastings v. Anacortes Packing Co., 29 Wn. 224, 230, 69 P. 776; 1 Malloy's Comp., p. 624 (1815 Treaty between United States and Great Britain); Ohio ex rel. Clarke v. Deckebach, 274 U.S. 392, 47 S.Ct. 630, 71 L. Ed. 1115; Jordan v. Tashire, 278 U.S. 123, 49 S.Ct. 47, 73 L. Ed. 214; Terrace v. Thompson, 263 U.S. 197, 217, 44 S.Ct. 15, 68 L. Ed. 255, 275; Webb v. O'Brien, 263 U.S. 313, 322, 44 S.Ct. 112, 68 L. Ed. 318, 321; South Carolina v. United States, 199 U.S. 437, 451, 26 S.Ct. 110, 59 L. Ed. 261, 265, 4 Ann. Cas. 737; Lewis Publishing Co. v. Morgan, 229 U.S. 288, 314, 33 S.Ct. 867, 57 L. Ed. 1190, 1203; Dillon v. Gloss, 256 U.S. 368, 373, 41 S.Ct. 510, 65 L. Ed. 994, 996; Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kan. Railway Co., 135 U.S. 641, 656, 10 S.Ct. 965, 34 L. Ed. 295.
Defendants cite: Section 384, United States Code; Boise Artesian Hot & Cold Water Co. v. Boise City, 213 U.S. 276, 29 S.Ct. 426, 53 L. Ed. 796; Singer Sewing Machine Co. v. Benedict, 229 U.S. 481, 33 S.Ct. 942, 57 L. Ed. 1288; Dalton Adding Machine Co. v. State Corporation Commission of Virginia, 236 U.S. 699, 35 S.Ct. 480, 59 L. Ed. 797; Cavanaugh v. Looney, 248 U.S. 453, 39 S.Ct. 142, 63 L. Ed. 354; section 33, art. 2, Constitution of the State of Washington; chapter 50, Session Laws of 1921, state of Washington; Humphrey v. Krutz, 77 Wn. 152, at page 157, 137 P. 806; Cook v. C., B. & Q. R. Co., 40 Iowa, 451; Goodrich v. Burbank, 12 Allen (Mass.) at page 460, 90 Am. Dec. 161; Standard Oil Co. v. Buchi, 72 N. J. Eq. 492, 66 A. 427; Tide Water Pipe Co. v. Bell, 280 Pa. 104, 124 A. 351, 40 A. L. R. 1516; Terrace v. Thompson, 263 U.S. 197, 44 S.Ct. 15, 68 L. Ed. 255; 1 R. C. L. 806; Webb. v. O'Brien, 263 U.S. 313, 322, 44 S.Ct. 112, 68 L. Ed. 318.
Before DIETRICH, Circuit Judge, and BOURQUIN and CUSHMAN, District Judges.