Hopper v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Action to recover for overcharges upon freight. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
I. As finally amended, the petition charged that between July 10, 1888, and January 29, 1889, plaintiffs shipped over defendant’s road fifty-seven cars of lime from Maquoketa, Iowa, to Sioux City, Iowa, and that they had been compelled to pay as freight therefor the sum of eight hundred and thirty dollars and eighty-two cents in excess of the legal rate as fixed by the railway commissioners of this state; *641that the rate charged was unreasonable, unjust, and extortionate, and that the rate fixed by said commissioners was just and reasonable; that a demand in writing was made upon defendant to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brentner v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
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- Saint v. MartelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- City of New Orleans v. GroschLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
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