Source: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/224/510/
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 20:19:13+00:00

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Chicago &c. Ry. v. Chicago, 166 U. S. 236; Missouri Pacific Ry. v. Nebraska, 164 U. S. 416. So that, where the taking is under an administrative regulation, the defendant must not be denied the right to show that, as matter of law, the order was so arbitrary, unjust, or unreasonable as to amount to a deprivation of property in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chicago &c. R. Co. v. Minnesota, 134 U. S. 418; Smyth v. Ames, 169 U. S. 466; Chicago &c. R. Co. v. Tompkins, 176 U. S. 173.
Kentucky Railroad Tax Cases, 115 U. S. 334.
See also Texas & Pacific R. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 162 U. S. 238, 162 U. S. 239; Missouri &c. Ry. v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 164 F. 649.
Cedar Rapids Gas Light Co. v. Cedar Rapids, 223 U. S. 655; Graham v. Gill, 223 U. S. 643. Here, the question presented is whether, as matter of law, the facts proved show the existence of such a public necessity as authorizes a taking of property.
or the number of persons who may utilize the connection if built. The question in each case must be determined in the light of all the facts, and with a just regard to the advantage to be derived by the public and the expense to be incurred by the carrier. For, while the question of expense must always be considered (Chicago &c. R. Co. v. Tompkins, 176 U. S. 174), the weight to be given that fact depends somewhat on the character of the facilities sought. If the order involves the use of property needed in the discharge of those duties which the carrier is bound to perform, then, upon proof of the necessity, the order will be granted even though "the furnishing of such necessary facilities may occasion an incidental pecuniary loss." But even then, the matter of expense is "an important criterion to be taken into view in determining the reasonableness of the order." Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. North Carolina Commission, 206 U. S. 27; Missouri Pacific Ry. v. Kansas, 216 U. S. 262. Where, however, the proceeding is brought to compel a carrier to furnish a facility not included within its absolute duties, the question of expense is of more controlling importance. In determining the reasonableness of such an order, the court must consider all the facts -- the places and persons interested, the volume of business to be affected, the saving in time and expense to the shipper, as against the cost and loss to the carrier. On a consideration of such and similar facts, the question of public necessity and the reasonableness of the order must be determined. This was done in Wisconsin R. Co. v. Jacobson, in which, for the first time, it was decided that a state commission might compel two competing interstate roads to connect their tracks.

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