Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Menasha Wooden Ware Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court' for Winnebago county: Geo. W. BuRnell, Circuit Judge. Action to recover the tariff freight charges on carload shipments of logs and wood holts from various points in the state to Ladysmith carried over plaintiff’s road between June 1, 1911, and March 1, 1912. So far as affecting any question decided upon the appeal the facts are these: On December 15, 1899, the parties entered into ,a contract in the form of an offer and…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court' for Winnebago county: Geo. W. BuRnell, Circuit Judge. Action to recover the tariff freight charges on carload shipments of logs and wood holts from various points in the state to Ladysmith carried over plaintiff’s road between June 1, 1911, and March 1, 1912. So far as affecting any question decided upon the appeal the facts are these: On December 15, 1899, the parties entered into ,a contract in the form of an offer and acceptance which read: “That in consideration of your making us a rate of 8c per hundred pounds, minimum of 30,000 pounds on…
1Opinion of the CourtVxNje, J.
That' it was the avowed purpose of ch. 362, Laws of 1905 (secs. 1797 — 1 to 1797 — 36, Stats.), and the acts amendatory thereof, known as the Wisconsin Railroad Commission Act, to secure nondiscriminating, just, and reasonable rates for all services rendered by railroads as common carriers of persons and property within the state is so plain *133from tbe language of tlie act as not to admit of serious doubt. Sec. 1797 — 3 provides:
‘■’Every railroad is hereby required to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities, and the charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the…
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