State v. Rogers

The defendant, who is the assistant general freight agent of the Southern Pacific Company, was, in March, 1891, indicted by the grand jury of Linn county for a violation of section 4 of “An act to regulate the transportation of passengers and freight by railroad companies,” commonly known as the “Hoult law,” approved February 20,1885, which reads as follows: “Section 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the transportation of property as prescribed in the first section of this act, to charge or receive any greater compensation for a similar amount or kind of property for…