OREG.-WASHINGTON CO. v. WASHINGTON

No. 187.

270 U.S. 87 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 279

70 L.Ed. 482

OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY v. STATE OF WASHINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur C. Spencer, with whom Messrs. Henry W. Clark and F.T. Merritt were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. R.G. Sharpe, with whom Mr. John H. Dunbar was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a bill of complaint filed by the State of Washington in the Superior Court of Thurston County of that State against the defendant, the Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Company, an interstate common carrier in the States of Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The bill averred that there existed in the areas of the States of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon...

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