St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Clay County Gin Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Eastern District; ArrEn N. Hughes, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 3d day of August, 1903, the appellee instituted this action against the appellant, and alleged that it was a railway corporation operating a line as a common carrier in Missouri and Arkansas, and the appellee was in the months of October, November, and December, 1902, engaged in shipping cotton seed from the town of Rector, in Clay County, Arkansas, to a customer at…
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Eastern District; ArrEn N. Hughes, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 3d day of August, 1903, the appellee instituted this action against the appellant, and alleged that it was a railway corporation operating a line as a common carrier in Missouri and Arkansas, and the appellee was in the months of October, November, and December, 1902, engaged in shipping cotton seed from the town of Rector, in Clay County, Arkansas, to a customer at Cairo, 111., and that during said months it had for. shipment 65 tons of seed of the market value o'f $16 per ton, which were…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This was an «action under section 6804 of the Digest (Kirby’s) for failing to furnish cars. That section among other things provides: “It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged alone or associated with others in the transportation of passengers or property by railroad' in this State, as freight or express, * * * to make any preference in furnishing cars or motive power. And all persons or corporations engaged as aforesaid shall furnish, without discrimination or delay, equal and sufficient facilities for the transportation of passengers,…
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