Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Gist
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Garfield County; James B. Cullison, Judge. Action by J. T. Gist against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and another to recover freight overcharges. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
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Error from District Court, Garfield County; James B. Cullison, Judge. Action by J. T. Gist against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and another to recover freight overcharges. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. The defendant in error, as plaintiff below, commenced this action against the plaintiffs in error in the district court of Garfield county November 5, 1906,- to recover $3,737.50, plus seven per cent, interest, as the alleged amount due plaintiff for freight overcharges, on coal shipped over the lines of defendants from Alderson, Wilburton, Hailey-ville, Dow,…
1Opinion of the CourtRamsey, J.
(after stating the case above). By the act of Congress apivroved February 18, 1888 ( 25 St. L. 35), the Choctaw Coal & Railway Company, a corporation created under the laws of the state of Minnesota, was granted the right of constructing, owning, equipping, and operating a line of railroad through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point on Red River (southern boundary line), at Rocky Cliff in the Indian Territory, and running thence by the most practicable route through the Indian Territory to the western line of the state of Arkansas ; it was also authorized to construct and operate a…
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