[673] U. S. Commerce Court, No. 59, April session, 1912.

[674] 200 U. S., 536.

[675] The resulting change in the law at p. [572], infra.

[676] 216 U. S., 538.

[677] Rendered January, 1912. The Commission's order is in 14 I.C.C. Rep., 51.

[678] Pp. [457]-460, supra.

[679] 194 U. S., 25.

[680] 142 Fed. Rep., 808.

[681] This immunity was expressly limited to natural persons. Corporations had been made directly liable by the Act of 1903. This point was brought out in the Henkel and Nelson cases; 201 U. S., 43, 90, 147.

[682] 211 U. S., 407. This decision is critically examined with reference to the policy of the Commission in its Annual Report, 1908, p. 17.