Steever v. Illinois Central R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sao Circuit Court. AotioN under chapter 68, Acts of tbe Fifteenth General Assembly, to recover the penalty therein provided for illegal charges paid by’plaintiff to defendant on account , of goods transported upon its railroad. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, and, upon facts found, judgment was rendered for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. In the thirteenth cbunt of defendant’s answer, it pleaded the following defense. “Further answering, defendant says, that during all the time for which plaintiff claims over-charges he was the station agent of defendant, and was employed by the month as such station agent, and that, among other duties, it was his special duty to collect freight and pas*372senger charges at Alta, a station on defendant’s line of road, and this suit is brought to recover back over-charges under chapter 68, Acts of the Fifteenth General Assembly of Iowa, and the amounts claimed are all for alleged over-charges…
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