Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Theis
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Sedgwick district court, division No. 2; Thornton W. Sargent, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dawson, J.:
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company brought this action in the district court of Sedgwick county to recover from the defendant, George Theis, jr., the sum of $337.50 and interest on an interstate shipment of twenty-seven carloads of cattle from Groom, Tex., to Meade, Kan.
The cattle were shipped on October 24, 1909. The rate paid was $35 per carload. The railroad company grounds its action on the contention that the lawful rate was $47.50 per carload, and this action to recover the undercharge was filed October 22,1912.
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