Parsons v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was an action commenced by the plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa to .recover of the defendant fifteen hundred and fifty dollars on account of alleged violations of the interstate commerce act. An amended and substituted petition was filed which, in five counts, stated plaintiff’s causes of action.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was an action commenced by the plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa to .recover of the defendant fifteen hundred and fifty dollars on account of alleged violations of the interstate commerce act. An amended and substituted petition was filed which, in five counts, stated plaintiff’s causes of action. To this the defendant demurred, and the demurrer having been sustained judgment was entered in its favor. The plaintiff took the case to the Court of Appeals of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beewee
Some preliminary matters deserve notice. The wrongs charged against the defendant took place in the winter of 1887-1888, and affected other Iowa shippers than the plaintiff. Several actions were brought by such shippers on account thereof, and brought by the counsel .for this plaintiff. Two of such actions were tried before juries, and resulted in judgments for the plaintiffs. Osborne v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway, 48 Fed. Rep. 49. These judgments were taken to the Court of Appeals, and in October, 1892, were reversed and the cases remanded for new trials. 10 U. S. App. 430. The…
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