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245 U.S. 47

62 L. Ed. 141

Docket No. 339.

Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued October 3, 1917.

Decided November 5, 1917.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1917-11-05

<p>APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</p> <p>The case is stated in the opinion.</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1924

1 district ·

2 counsel of record

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Affirmed · 9–0 · Decided 1917-11-05

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¶1APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

¶2Decided on the authority of Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission, ante, 33.

¶3Affirmed.

¶4The case is stated in the opinion.

¶5Mr. Edward S. Jouett, with whom Mr. Helm Bruce and Mr. Henry L. Stone were on the brief, for appellant.

¶6Mr. Joseph W. Folk for the Interstate Commerce Commission, submitted.

¶7Mr. Justice McKenna

¶8delivered the opinion of the court.

¶9This case was heard with No. 337, just decided, ante, 33. Like the latter case it was based on a proceeding brought by the Intestate Commerce Commission in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to enforce answers to certain questions asked of appellant by the Commission and which he refused to answer upon the advice of counsel.

¶10The petition and reply thereto are the same as in No. 337 and present for decision the same propositions.

¶11The court entered an order requiring appellant to answer questions to the following effect:

¶121st. Whether he had personal knowledge of funds of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad used for political *48campaign purposes in the State of Tennessee and charged on the books of the carrier to operating expenses or construction account; and, 2nd, whether he had personal knowledge of funds of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad used for campaign purposes in the State of Kentucky and charged on the books of the carrier to construction account or operating expenses.

¶13It will be observed that the questions are limited, as some of the questions in No. 337 were, to the allocation upon the books of the company of the funds expended, if any. They are within the reasoning of the opinion in No. 337, and on the authority of that case the order is

¶14Affirmed.

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