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Show uu "TAP LINE" CASES DISMISSED. Washington, July 2. The Commerce court yesterday dismissed for want of Jurisdiction the so-called tap line cases filed recently. The potitlon presented pre-sented by the tap lines requested injunctions in-junctions against the interstate commerce com-merce commission's order, determining the status of tap lines with relation to the various trunk lines. The tap lines contended they were common carriers under the law and that tho commission had no authority to exclude ex-clude them from the divisions of through rates, with trunk Hues. The dismissal of the cases was rcachod to the Interestate commerce commission. |