Lincoln Commercial Club v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

The defendant, under its tariff No. 4778, absorbed the switching charges of carload shipments in and out of Lincoln, arising at or destined to what it designates as competitive points on its line/ When, however, the shipment arises at or is destined to. stations reached exclusively by the defendant (except in the case of *505brick and lime shipments), it refused to absorb such switching charges. The state railway commission found such charge to be unjust, discriminatory, and unreasonable, and ordered the cancelation of that portion of the' tariff so .providing. The defendant appeals.

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