Legal Opinion
Illinois Central Railroad v. Paducah Brewery Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 10, 1914PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from McCracken Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Hannah
Affirming.
The Paducah Commercial Club, on June 6, 1911, filed with the Kentucky Railroad Commission, a complaint alleging that on May 1, 1911, the Illinois Central Railroad Company had raised its freight rate on steam coal between points in the Western Kentucky Coal District and the city of Paducah, from sixty cents to eighty cents per ton; that the increased rate was unreasonable; that any freight rate on said grade of coal between said points in excess of sixty cents per ton was unreasonable, unjust and extortionate; and praying that the Railroad…
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- Southern Ry. Co. in Ky. v. Frankfort Distillery Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
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