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Show COURl RULES AGAINST STATE COMMISSION San Francisco, Aug. 28. Recently enacted state statutes seeking to mako oil pipe lines common carriers or to exact a prohibitive tax whero the lines nro reserved (or private uso wero rendered temporarily Ineffective jesterday by tho United States district dis-trict court, Judge Maurlco T. Dooltng granting n temporary restraining order or-der against the state railroad "om-mission. "om-mission. The writ was issued on application ap-plication of the Kern Trndlng mid Oil company and the Assoc.'ntcd OH company, subsidiaries of the Southern South-ern l'aclflc. Tho enso Is similar to that now pending beforo tho United States supremo su-premo court as between tho Interstate commerce commission and Intcrstato P po lino companies. Tho federal statute giving tho commission control I of tho lines nml declared unconstitutional unconstitu-tional by tho commerco court and appeal ap-peal taken to tho supremo court for final settlement. Tho California statutes provide that pipe, lines shall bo deemed corn-man corn-man carriers under control of tho stnto railroad commission or operate under stato license and pay a tax of no cents n barrel on all oil piped. Several companies have already recognized rec-ognized this law. |