Nebraska Transfer Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Action to recover demurrage charges collected from the plaintiff on certain cars of sugar transported by the defendant railroad company from refineries located in states other than Nebraska, consigned to and received by *489the Russell Brokerage Company at Omaha, in the months of October and November, 1907.

It appears that the plaintiff, the Nebraska Transfer Company, had the contract for unloading and storing the sugar, and paid the charges in question, which it claims were unlawfully exacted, and thereafter brought this action to recover the money so paid. The petition alleged the corporate…