People v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Eebob to the Circuit-Court of Ford county; the Hon. Owen T. Beeves, Judge, presiding. ■ This was an action of debt brought in the court below, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois against the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Bailway Company.
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Writ of Eebob to the Circuit-Court of Ford county; the Hon. Owen T. Beeves, Judge, presiding. ■ This was an action of debt brought in the court below, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois against the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Bailway Company. The declaration contained several counts, but the alleged cause of action is substantially set forth in the first count, which is as follows: “For that whereas, heretofore, to-wit, on the 29th day of August, A. D. 1881, at, to-wit, the county of Ford, aforesaid, the said defendant was a railroad corporation, duly organized and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The declaration in this case contained several counts, but the substance of the averments in each was, that the defendant carried the same class of freight from Peoria to New York City for a less sum of money than it carried similar freight from Gilman to New York, and that Peoria was a greater distance from New York than Gilman. The decision of the court sustaining a demurrer to the declaration was no doubt predicated on the view either that the statute did not in terms apply to the transportation of property beyond the limits of the State, or that the legislature had no power •to pass a law…
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- Peik v. Chicago & North-Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
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- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
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