Legal Opinion
Illinois Central Railroad v. Van Dusenharrington Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 18, 1927No. Nos. 25,868, 26,269PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
1 Reported in 212 N.W. 940, 214 N.W. 278. This is an action to recover a balance claimed to be due for transporting 50 carloads of grain from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Memphis, Tennessee. The shipments were carried from Minneapolis to Chicago, Illinois, by the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific railway and from Chicago to Memphis by the Chicago Alton and the Illinois Central railways. They were carried on through bills of lading issued by the Rock Island, the initial carrier, each of which stated that the freight charges to destination had been prepaid. The question in dispute is whether the rate…
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