Boise Commercial Club v. Oregon Short Line R.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Action by the Boise Commercial Club, a corporation, against the Oregon Short Fine Railroad Company, a corporation, begun in the state court, and removed to the federal court. There was a judgment for defendant, dismissing the complaint, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
By writ of error the Boise Commercial Club, an Idaho corporation, asks reversal of a judgment of the District Court for Idaho-, dismissing its complaint after a hearing on the merits. The Commercial Club brought action in the state court for Ada county, Idaho, to recover money for freight overcharges collected by the railroad company, a Utah corporation; the claims growing out of the alleged violation by the railroad company of the long and short haul provision of the Interstate Commerce Act (Act Feb. 4, 1887, c. 104, 24 Stat. 379). The railroad company sought removal upon…
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