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DETROIT & c. RY. v. MICHIGAN R.R. COMM.

No. 68.

240 U.S. 564 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 424

60 L.Ed. 802

DETROIT AND MACKINAC RAILWAY COMPANY v. MICHIGAN RAILROAD COMMISSION AND FLETCHER PAPER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Fred A. Baker and Mr. James McNamara for plaintiff in error submitted.

Mr. D.H. Crowley, with whom Mr. Grant Fellows and Mr. I.S. Canfield were on the brief, for defendants in error.

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

This was a petition to the Supreme Court of Michigan by the Railroad Commission of that State for a writ of mandamus to enforce obedience to an order of the commission directing the Detroit & Mackinac Railway Company to relay one-half mile of rails removed by it from a fivemile logging spur, called Tubbs Branch, and to resume service thereon. The railroad company answered, and, after a hearing, the court...

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