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TEXAS & PAC. RAILWAY v. INTERSTATE COM. COM.

No. 321.

162 U.S. 197 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 666

40 L.Ed. 940

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. E. Baxter, (with whom was Mr. Winslow F. Pierce on the brief,) for appellant.

Mr. Simon Sterne and Mr. John D. Kernan for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

It was claimed in the courts below, and it is also urged in this court, that the Interstate Commerce Commission is not a corporate body or person in whose name a suit can be instituted. It seems to be thought that the Commission can only sue in the names of the persons composing it.

The 16th section of the act to regulate commerce, as amended March 2, 1889, c. 382, 25 Stat. 859...

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