Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Pendleton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
Edmund Pendleton brought two suits in the Circuit Court of "Wythe County, Virginia, against the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company to recover statutory penalties for charging him more than the rates prescribed by law.
On behalf of the defendant it was not denied that the sums charged were in excess of the rates fixed by the general law of Virginia, dated January 14, 1853, c. 57, Acts of 1852-3, p. 62, regulating tolls upon railroads, but it was claimed that the defendant railroad company, as the legal successor of certain other companies, whose charters empowered them to fix their own…
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