Coad v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. David Mould, Judge. Action at law to recover au amount of overcharges which the plaintiff alleges was exacted by the defendant for transportation of freight. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the petition, and from that ruling and from the judgment entered against him for costs, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Cornvrs: federal and state courts : eoneurtfon •’’inter-10’ overcharges* recovery. — The petition shows that the shipments upon which the charges for freight were made were of an interstate character. It is further alleged that the proper and allowable rates of transportation for such ship. ments had been and were fixed and provided ^or ^11 a schedule established and published by the defendant and its connecting carriers an¿[ that the rate so scheduled was forty-two cents per hundred pounds; but defendant, disregarding the same, exacted from plaintiff the payment of charges for such service…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Claflin v. HousemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. International Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Puritan Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Union Transfer Co. v. RenstromNebraska Supreme Court · 1949
- Baird Bros. v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Miller v. DavisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1932
- New York Central R. R. v. Solomon, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Beaver County1949