St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from Corporation Commission. Action by the State and J. D. Dnrksen against the St. Louis & San Francisco Bailroad Company. From an order of the State Corporation Commission fining defendant for contempt, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Corporation Commission. Action by the State and J. D. Dnrksen against the St. Louis & San Francisco Bailroad Company. From an order of the State Corporation Commission fining defendant for contempt, defendant appeals. On the 17th day of April, 1909, appellee J. D. Durksen filed Ids affidavit with the State Corporation Commission, in which he charges appellant with having violated two ceidain orders of said Corporation Commission, and asked that it be summoned to appear and show cause why it should not be fined for contempt. He avers in bis affidavit that appellant in violation of…
1Opinion of the CourtHayes, J.
(after stating the facts as above.) Order No. 167, Rule 10 of the State Corporation Commission, with the violation of which appellant is charged and has been convicted by the Corporation Commission, reads as follows:
“'(a) Storage will be charged on all less than car load freight held in or on railroad warehouses or platforms over 48 hours from the first 7 a. m. after notice of arrival, not including Sundays and legal holidays, at the rate of five (5) cents per ton for each 24 hours or fraction thereof.
“(b) Double these charges shall be assessed on freight of an explosive character.
“(c) The…
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