Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. v. United States

Citations

• 195 F. 953
• 1912 U.S. Commerce Ct. LEXIS 9

Syllabus

<p>1. Commerce (§ 87*)—Interstate Commerce Commission—Proceedings— Pleading.</p> <p>A complaint against a railroad company before the Interstate Commerce Commission construed, and held, after hearing, to have been sufficient to put in issue the reasonableness of certain local rates charged by the defendant.</p> <p>I Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Commerce, Cent. Dig. § 139; Dec. Dig. § 87.*j</p> <p>2. Commerce (§ 92*)—Interstate Commerce Commission—Annulment of Orders—Grounds.</p> <p>That, an order made by the Interstate Commerce Commission changing the rates to be charged by a railroad between certain points may affect rates on other roads carrying from other points, and possibly make an adjustment of such rates necessary, affords no ground upon which the courts may enjoin against the order of the Commission in the case before it, provided the rates fixed thereby are just and reasonable in themselves.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other eases, see Commerce, Cent. Dig. § 142; Dec. Dig. § 92.*]</p> <p>3. Commerce (§ 92*)—Interstate Commerce Commission—Annulment of Orders—Grounds.</p> <p>If the particular matter in issue before the Interstate Commerce Commission and inquired into was one of fact, and a full hearing was afforded, and the conclusion reached is supported by substantial evidence, it will not he nullified by the courts.</p> <p>I Pd. Note.—For other cases, see Commerce, Cent. Dig. § 142; Dec. Dig. § 92.*]</p> <p>4. Carriers (§ 26*)—Interstate Commerce Commission—Order Reducing Rates -Validity.</p> <p>It is not ground for enjoining the enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission reducing local class rates on a railroad between certain points, if the rates fixed are reasonable in themselves, that, owing to the low commodity rate on the same class of traffic, which has been forced by competition on through shipments to one of such points, it will be necessary to reduce the through car load rate to the other point below a reasonable compensation, in o