Heiserman v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Action at law to recover certain _sum_s_paid_ by plaintiff to defendants for tbe transportation-of grain upon defendant’s railroad, in excess of reasonable and just charges therefor. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, and judgment was rendered, for defendants. Plaintiffs appeal. The. facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The petition alleges that between the twenty-eighth day of August, 1877, and the fourth day of February, 1878, the plaintiffs delivered to defendant for transportation upon its railroad, from West Union to Post-ville, Cedar Bapids and Burlington, all points within this state, certain large quantities of grain, to be delivered to connecting lines of railroad, for transportation to Milwaukee, in the state of Wisconsin; that no other railroad than defendant’s reached West Union, and plaintiffs were, therefore, compelled to procure transportation upon it; and that- defendant charged and…
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