Commonwealth v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 9 — Indictment against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company for a Violation of the Long and Short Haul Statute. APPEAL FROM JOHNSON CIRCUIT COURT. Demurrer to Indictment Sustained and Commonwealth Appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDG'D O’RiDAR
Affirming.
Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Johnson county for a violation of the “long and short haul statute” (section 820, Ky. St.). That offense is 'thus described in the indictment: “The said defendant . . . did unlaw*58fully charge and. receive from James N. Meek 2á cents per barrel on flour as railroad charges for transporting flour from Oattl'etsburg, Boyd county, Kentucky, to White House, Johnson county, Kentucky, and at the same time charge, collect and receive from Frank Preston fifteen cents per barrel on flour (being same class and kind…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Parsons v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. OsborneCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
- Parsons v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Regenhardt Const. Co. v. Southern Ry. in Kentucky, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944