Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Love
Citation | 29 Okla. 738,1911 OK 352,119 P. 207 |
Decision Date | 14 November 1911 |
Docket Number | Case Number: 1849 |
Court | Supreme Court of Oklahoma |
Parties | ATCHISON, T. & S. F. RY. CO. v. LOVE et al. |
¶0 PROHIBITION--When Granted--Exercise of Judicial Powers. Prohibition is the proper remedy, where an inferior tribunal assumes to exercise judicial power not granted by law, or is attempting to make an unauthorized application of judicial force, and the writ will not be withheld because other concurrent remedies exist; it not appearing that such remedies are equally adequate and convenient.
Application by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company for writ of prohibition to J. E. Love and others, members of the Corporation Commission, and the Corporation Commission. Writ granted.
Cottingham & Bledsoe, for plaintiff
Charles West, Atty. Gen., and Charles L. Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants
¶1 This is an original proceeding in prohibition, praying this court to prohibit the Corporation Commission of the state and the members thereof from proceeding with the trial of the plaintiff upon 12 separate and distinct citations for contempts growing out of violations of rule No. 10 of order No. 167 of the Corporation Commission, by charging storage on interstate shipments of freight, in accordance with the published interstate tariffs of the plaintiff. Rule No. 10, supra, provides that certain free time be given the consignees who live five or more miles from a railroad station, and in the published interstate tariffs of said plaintiff such free time was not allowed, and the plaintiff, in collecting storage charges, observed the terms and provisions of the interstate tariffs, which admittedly are in conflict with said rule No. 10. The Attorney General's view of the case is stated in his brief as follows:
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